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Marist salaries higher. than national average
by Bill DeGennaro
President Dennis Murray's an-
nual salary rose to. $102,658 in
19~85, a hike of about 34 percent
over the previous year, according
to information obtained by The
Circle from the Internal Revenue
Service.
The median salary for the chief
executive at private institutions the
same year was $60,700, or 6 per-
cent above the year before, accor-
ding to an annual survey by the
College and University Personnel
Association.
Murray, however, said the
CUP A survey is misleading
because it includes salaries of
"priests making $30,000." He pro-
vided a· study showfog a median
salary of $90,000 for a chief ex-
ecutive at a private university with
a budget between $25 million. and
$49.9.million in 1984-85.
Marist's budget for that year was
approximately $26.5 million, ac-
cording to Marist's 990 tax form,
which was obtained through the
Freedom of Information Act. The
1984-85 form is the most recent
available.
"Our salaries, as for both the ad-
ministration and the faculty should
be higher (than they are), but
within our profession they're com-
petitive," Murray said.
The president's salary is set by
the college's board with the advice
of a financial consultant, according
to Murray, who attributed the
seemingly large salary jump to the
college's recent growth.
"Marist is going to be a $40
million institution," Murray said.
"If
I was in the private sector I'd
be making three times that. Frank-
ly, I was quite behind."
Murray, who lives in a 'home
owned and maintained by the col-
lege arid dri¥es a $14,600 school-
owned 1985 Oldsmobile Ninety
Eight, made $77,000 in 1983-84,
according to Marist tax records for
that year.
In 1984-85, faculty salaries at
Marist rose by an average of 6.6
percent, according to Bill Olson,
chairman of the faculty executive
committee. In that year, the typical
full professor made $37,900, while
the figures were $29,200 for
associates
and $24,200
for
assistants. All were higher than
their respective national averages.
Until this year, 1984-85 was the
only year in a five-year span both
faculty and administration agreed
to the terms of the contract, accor-
ding to Olson.
Other top administrators listed
on the college's 990 form for
1984-85 also had salaries higher
than the national average. The
form lists the salaries of the eight
highest-paid employees of the col-
lege, its finances and investments.
The following data on national
averages includes the median
salaries for administ~ators at all
private colleges and universities.
Data for the following positions on
a national level at private institu-
tions with budgets comparable to
Marist was not available.
According to the 990 form,
former Vice President John Lahey
was making $64,550, an increase of
almost 31 percent from the year
before. In the· CUP A survey of
1,594 higher-education institutions
for that year, the median salary for
that same position at private in-
stitutions was $41,500.
Former Dean of Admissions
James Daly earne·d $57,322, an in-
crease of 27 percent from the year
before. That figure compared with
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However,
Detective
James
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basketballteam, is scheduled to be McDowell
of the Town of
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arraigned in Town of Poughkeep-
Poughkeepsie Police said: "It's
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sie Court tommorrow at 9 a.m. • really up to the discretion of the of-
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after being charged with assaulting fleer. If it's determined that the
another student on campus early person has injuries, then they can
last Saturday morning.
press charges of assault. Otherwise,
Green was arrested Saturday at they can only press charges of
approximately 2 a.m.• and charged harassment, and she can still come
with assault, a misdemeanor, after in to do that if she'd like."
he allegedly hit junior Peter Daly . Sophomore Darryl Mcclung, a
in the face more than ten times, ac-
full-scholarship guard on the
cording to Town of Poughkeepsie basketball team, was also reported-
Police. He was released without ly involved in the altercation,
bail.
allegedly striking junior Brian
In addition, Green, of Boston, Keough. However, Keough, of
Mass., also allegedly hit junior Mahwah, N.J ., did not press
Joelle Stephenson in the arm and charges against Mcclung.
head during the incident. Stephen-
Both Green and McC!ung refus-
son said she also attempted to file ed to comment about the incident.
charges against -Green, but was
Daly, of Pearl River,
N.Y.,
was
refused by police.
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treated for cuts at St. Francis
"They said since Peter had the Hospital and released the same
most visible injuries, he would be night. Keough and Stephenson did
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The Red Fox, the Fairview Fire Department and the Marist Col-
the only one allowed to press not require treatment.
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lege Psychology Club helped make last Friday special for some local
charges," said_
Stephe~son.
On Monday morning, Green met
children. See story, page 3.
(photo by Sharon Gardiner)
The arrestmg officer, Rob
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Board of trustees votes to delete nursing
Last Saturday, the board· of
trustees voted unanimously to
delete the nursing program from
the Marist curriculum, according to
Anthony • Cernera, vice president
for college advancement and
development.
The program, which began five
years ago with money from the
federal government's Tide III pro-
gram, was the topic of. study last
fall, after enrollment figures were
found to be far lower than
projected.
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Before the final vote, the college
had already begun making plans to.
accommodate the 28 nurses in the
program.
"We will continue what we
started a month ago," said Marc
vanderHeyden,
academic vice
president. "We have already suc-
cessfully placed 16 of them."
According to Cernera, the col-
NCAA decision still pending
by Paul Kelly
The reluctance of "some in-
dividuals" to cooperate with the
NCAA
has delayed any decision •
regarding institutional penalties
against the college as a result of
violations committed during the
tenures of former men's basketball
coaches
Mike
Perry and Matt Fur-
janic, President Dennis Murray
said last week.
Murray said the NCAA Com-
mittee on Infractions will make its
decision before classes start in
September. Marist officials will
learn the NCAA's decision in an in-
person meeting with NCAA staff
and the infractions committee at an
undisclosed site, said Murray.
"We're very close to finishing
our case," said Murray. "It's ~n
made more difficult because some •
individuals who aren't employed at
the
college
are
being
uncooperative.''
Murray would not identify the
uncooperative parties, but would
not deny that Perry is one of the
uncooperative individuals.
Currently, the
NCAA
Commit-
tee on Infractions is awaiting the
results of a Marist inquiry which in-
volves personal or telephone inter-
views with all parties mentioned in
the NCAA's official investigation
of violations, which was conclud-
ed by the NCAA Committee on
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lege has entered an agreement with
Mount St. Mary's College. "Six
juniors, one sophomore and three
freshmen have been admitted to
Mount St. Mary's;'' Cernera said.
"Others have made arrangements
with. Columbia, Seton Hall and
Adelphi."
According to vanderHeyden, the
• deletion of the nursing program,
and its failure to get off the
ground, will not hinder the the in-
itiation of new programs in the
future.
"All
programs will be judged on
their merit and their chances to suc-
ceed," vanderHeyden said.
Although the ultimate decision
to delete the program was made by
the board of trustees, the process
was an involved one.
On Feb. 5, the president's
cabinet made its recommendation
that the program be discontinued.
From there, the Academic Affairs
Committee studied the program
and on April 9, made its recom-
mendation to the faculty that it be
continued.
However, the faculty voted on
April 16 that the program be
discontinued.
That recommendation
was
upheld and made to the board of
trustees last week by President
Dennis Murray, who was out of
town this week and could not be
reached for comment.
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vanderHeyden said soine of the
students enrolled in the nursing
program have chosen to stay at
Marist and change their majors.
Under the Title III program,
Marist was required to review the
status of the program on an annual
basis and in great depth at the end
of the five-year period. This year,
there were 28 full-time and 18 part-
time students in the program. The
projected enrollment goal was 100
full-time students.
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Potpourri'
Editor's note: Submissions for "Potpourri" may be sent to Julia Murray, c/o The Circle,
Box 859, or call 473-0161 after 5 p.m ..
DEADLINES
Summer classes
Registrations for undergraduate summer
courses are still being accepted by the
School of Adult Education and will be until
the first day of classes in each session.
Mini I begins June 1, Mini II begins June
22, Session I begins May 26, Session II
begins July 6 and graduate classes begin
June 1. Registration for graduate summer
courses should be done through the ap-
propriate department. Information about
undergraduate summer courses may be
obtained from the School of Adult Educa-
tion at ext. 221; graduate information may
be obtained from the Graduate Admissions
Office at ext. 530.
Graduate exams
As a test center for ETS (Educational
Testing Service), Marist has scheduled
several examinations for graduate school
admission in the coming months. The
GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions
Test) is scheduled for June 20 and the NTE
(National Teachers' Exam) will be ad-
ministered June 27. For further information
and registration materials, call the Personal
Developmen! Center in Byrne at ext. 152.
Dorm closing
Residence halls will close at 6 p.m. next
Friday, but students are asked to leave as
NCAA
Continued from page 1
Eligibility last winter.
• soon as their last exam is over. Seniors
should leave only one box of kitchen utens
sils, one suitcase of clothing and formal
wear may be left in the closet. North end
residence.s will open for Senior Week on
Monday, May 18 at 6 p.m.
Senior Week
Today will be the last day to buy tickets
for Senior Week activities. Any interested
seniors should stop by Donnelly to pur-
chase their tickets. The events will begin
on May 19 and run until May 22.
ENTERTAINMENT
"Soul
Man"
"Soul Man," starring C. Thomas Howell,
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is a comedy about a student who creative-
ly finances his college education -
he gets
into Harvard on a minority scholarship by
making himself appear black. The film will
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be shown tomorrow night in the Theater at
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Admission is $1.
Class meeting
There will be a senior class meeting in
CC269 this morning at 11 :30. All seniors
are urged to attend.
Mosaic
. The "Mosaic," the literary magazine of
Marist, will be on sale Tuesday in Donnel-
ly. The magazine is filled with poems, short
stories, photographs and artwork done by
students and faculty. Be sure to buy one
early; they go fast.
Reynard
Copies of the 1987 Reynard, the Marist
yearbook, can still be ordered. To order
your copy, contact the Office of Student Ac-
tivities at ext. 279.
Book sales
Textbooks can be sold back at' the
bookstore from Monday until Thursday.
Hours will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Prices
vary.
OFF-CAMPUS
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield, noted comedian,
creator of Dangerfield's in New York City
and star of such movies as "Easy Money"
and "Back to School," will be performing
at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center on Satur-
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day. For further information, call the civic
center box office at 454-5800. The civic
center is located on Market . St. in
Poughkeepsie.
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Grace Smith House
Volunteer training will be provided for
anyone wishing to work at Grace Smith
House.in Poughkeepsie, a shelter for bat-
tered women and their children. The train-
ing will cover the myths and realities of
women abuse, advocacy, working with
children, listening and counseling skills.
The training will will be held.on Tuesday,
Thursday, May 19 and May 21 from 6:30
p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Christ Church Parish
House, 15 Barclay St. To register, call the
Grace Smith House at 471-3033.
Roberta Flack
Grammy Award winner Roberta Flack
will be performing at the Bardavon 1869
Opera House on Satu~day at 7 p.m. and
10 p.m. Among Flack's many hit songs are,
"First Time Ever
I
Saw Your Face," "Will
You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Killing
Me Softly.''. Tickets for the show cost $23
and $25. For reservations, call the Bar-
davon Box Office at 473-2072.
Mini-Marathon
The annual L'eggs Mini Marathon will be
held on May 30 in New York City's Central
Park. The marathon is one of the most
prestigious womens 1
OK
road races. In
conjunction with the marathon, L'eggs will
sponsor a 5K Tune-up Run for Women and
a two-mile Sheer Energy Walk on Sunday
in Central Park. For further information,
send a stamped, self-addressed business
envelope to the L'eggs Running Program,
New York Runners Club, Department Z, 9
East 89th St., New York, New York, 10128,
or
call (212) 860-4455.
"We interview anyone mention-
ed in their official inquiry and let
them respond to their inquiry,"
said Murray. "There's a couple we
haven't talked to because they're
making it difficult. We're really at
their mercy."
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If the uncooperative parties can-
not be contacted in the "next .few
weeks," Marist agreed to submit its
report to the NCAA, Murray said. •
Murray
said
all
college
employees
have
.been
very
cooperative
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with the infractions
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committee.
Marist basketball players Rik
Smits; Miroslav Pecarski and
Rudy
Bourgarel were suspended Nov. 28
by the NCAA. Upon anappeal by
Marist and its lawyer, George
Bisacca, the three players' eligibili-
ty was restored.
Pecarski and Bourgarel were
reinstated Dec. 10. Smits became
eligible Jan. 1.
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Campus racism:
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Concern lingers
by Michael McGarry
Former President of the Black
Student Union senior Charles
Fleming remembers being the only
black student sitting in a Marist
dorm room his freshman year. The
Jeffersons came on the television,
and one of the white students said,
"We're not going to watch this nig-
ger show."
Fleming waited a few moments,
made some small talk and left the
room. On other occasions, Flem-
ing has heard racial slurs as he's
walked by open dorm room
windows.
The above incidents are ex-
amples of the subtle, covert and
nonviolent racism which exists at
Marist, according to the leaders of
the BSU.
gest playing one. or
two
spanish
style songs per event.
Johnson feels isolation is caus-
ed by people's stereotypical at-
titudes about minorities.
"If
you're
a HEOP (Higher Education Op-
_portunity Program) student, a per-
son or a professor is likely to
assume you're poor, arrogant,
don't want to learn and here on a
free ride," said Johnson. "They
assume you can only perform to a
certain level and can't extend
beyond that."
Fleming feels isolated in the
classroom when a racial problem is
being discussed. "You know 99 out
of lOO times you're gonna be call-
ed on, and it makes you feel kind
of isolated cause it's saying 'you're
different, let's hear what you have
to say,' " said Fleming.
May
7,
1987
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Recently, racial problems have
brought attention to other colleges
around the country. At Columbia
University, an argument between a
black and white student developed
into what black students called a
mini race-riot. At the Citadel,
white students dressed in sheets
went into a black student's room
and burned paper crosses.
Fleming said he understands why
the teacher would ask for his opi-
nion on such subjects, but he add-
ed, "You can feel the
eyes
on
you."
Firemen demonstrate how to put out a fire and dazzle the children
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One
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One Da:y.
Students, kids go one to one
Solution to the problem may lie
in creating programs and methods
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
one','' she said.
which will help the two races gain
According to Fleming and
Sharon Johnson, newly elected
president of BSU, the potential for
a racial incident exists at Marist
because people sometimes harbor
racial beliefs.
a better understanding of each
There was no fire at Marist on
other's
culture, according to
Friday afternoon, but the Fairview
Fleming.
Fire Department made an ap-
Dunlap said the idea for the
event came six years ago from a
member of the Psychology club
who had heard of a similar event
at another college. "About 45
school children came today, but we
have t!te facilities for at least twice
as many."
Fleming and Johnson both see a
pearance anyway.
major need for the development of
There were no athletic events to
a black studies program. "A lot of
speak of, but the Marist Red Fox
people know it's wrong to call a
was outside of Champagnat Hall.
person a nigger, but that doesn't
John Miller, a junior from
Sean Noble, a junior from Glen
Rock, N.J., spent the day with
Mike; a student from the Krieger
School, who has downsyndrome.
"He can't speak, but you can tell
how he is feeling through the
sounds he makes. I know he is
happy."
Many experts say isolation of
black students on college campuses
caused by a decrease in minority.
enrollment is the main reason for
the increase in racial incidents. Na-
tionwide, the undergraduate black
enrollment has fallen 20 percent
since 1980, according to the
American Council on Education.
Marist ha~ a seven percent black
enrollment during the fall of 1985,
according to the Peterson's.Guide
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stop them from doing
it,''
said
Bullville,
N.Y.,
had no classes, but
Johnson. "People have to know
he was there too.
why it's wrong to call s9mebody a
In fact, approximately 65 Marist
nigger." A black studies program
students volunteered their time for
will help white students better
the sixth ann\lal "One to One
understand the black experience,
Day," an event sponsored by the
according to Fleming.
Psychology club that invites
"l
like kids,"
said Frank
Lodestro, a sophomore who was
the Red Fox for the day. "Besides,
it's very self rewarding."
Another way to battle racism is
physically and emotionally han-
to increase the number of black
dicapped
children
from the
faculty, he said.
Poughkeepsie school district to
Currently Marist has one full-
spend the day with a Marist stu-
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to Four Year Colleges. More recent
statistics were unavailable.
time black faculty member>:.•.•lJ.i~re."
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is a need for people to look up to
rides, arts and crafts, story telling
people of various races. That way
and of course the appearance of the
they feel no race is inferior,'' said
.
Fox and a fire truck.
Junior Michael Pender spent his
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day with David, from the Cardinal
Hayes School in Millbrook. David
is confined to a wheelchair. "I just
did it because they needed people
and I figured it would be fun,"
said.
Pender.
Fl~ming and Johnson report that
black students sometimes feel
isolated both socially and in the
classroom
at
Marist.
Flemin2.
,
.
"I.don't think I've ever felt bet-
Fleming suggested that the type
of mu.sic played at social gatherings
and mixers should offer a wider
variety. "People have to become
more sensitive to different styles of
music," said Fleming. Fleming sug-
Johnson would like· Marist to
ter about Marist students than I do
start a program to help black and
today," said Linda Dunlap
,
ad-
white roommates get along.
visor to the Psychology club. She
Marist students from a variety of
majors began the four-hour event
in front of Champagnat at 9 a.m.,
and waited for the buses filled with
children to arrive. Each student
met a child for the day. "The
The school should try to help the
explained that rain kept many
students with the adjustment of
children from attending
the
event
having to live with someone from
last year. "There are more kids this
a culture they may have never. been
year so it is more of a 'one on one,'
exposed to, added Johnson.
last year it was more like
'two
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Whatever happened to the class of
'77?
Editor's note:
This
is the second of a two part feature on the Class
of 1977.
by Gina Disanza and Linda Smith
Ten years ago, the worries of seniors were the same as they are now
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finding a job, preparing for finals and recovering from River Day.
Today, members of the class of 1977 have found their way into suc-
cessful careers.
And as the seniors of 1987 move into the future, they can be
reassured by the success of their predecessors from 10 years ago.
Like many male Marist students today, 1977 alumnus George
Gambeski said he spent his free time chasing women and drinking
beer during his undergraduate years.
Gambeski, who enrolled as a biology major at Marist, began tak-
ing pre-law classes as electives in his sophomore year. Although he
graduated with a biology degree, he is a practicing attorney residing
in Garrison,
N.Y.
And while Gambeski is helping to defend the law, his former
classmate, John Woodin, is making it.
Woodin, who graduated from Marist in the three-year accelerated
program, is now a Dutchess County Legislator living in Wingdale,
N.Y
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As a commuter, he began his political career on the Marist cam-
pus, serving as president of the Commuter Union and a member of
the Council of Student Leaders.
"Because of my involvement in the three-year program, I was en-
couraged to become a part of campus life,'' he said.
Woodin became active in local politics through his political science
internship. He said he was unaware at the time that he would become
an elected official just six years later.
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One former member of the tennis team, Jay Dedrick, never quite
made it to the U.S. Open. Instead, the business administration
graduate is busy operating two of his own insurance agencies in
Amenia, N.Y.
"I had a good time during my years at Marist," said De~rick.
"It
was a difficult adjustment when l had to change gears and think about
getting a job."
.
Dedrick said he remembers meeting a lot of good people at Manst.
In fact, he just hired his former roommate to work for one of his
agencies.
Every Tuesday night during the first semester of her senior year,
Gigi Birdas could be found in the Circle office with her
staff,
racing
to meet the newspaper's deadline.
"l can remember the crazy late nights spent in that small office
while the rest of the campus was out partying," recalled Birdas, former
editor-in-chief and another member of the class of I 977.
"A lot of students didn't have classes on Wednesdays so Tuesday
night was like an extra weekend night," she explained.
During the second semester, Birdas was an intern at WCBS radio
in New York City. Today, the former communication arts major is
still at WCBS as an editorial manager and producer of several news
programs.
Marie Donavan said she remembers splitting her time at college bet-
ween studying English and attending beer bashes in Champagnat Hall.
Today, she has gone Ivy League.
Donavan, is currently pursuing her doctorate degree at Harvard's
Graduate School of Education.
Being a student in the Evening Division of the college did not mean
Nancy Kaelber Church did not enjoy her life at Marist.
"Marist was a great place and even we weren't quite as involved
I reallyloved it," said Church, who received her Master of Business
Administration in 1977.
Church received her undergraduate degree from Albany State and
was teaching at the Krissler Business School while studying for her
Master's degree.
In 1986, she received her doctorate in business and is now a tenured
faculty member teaching marketing at SUNY Plattsburgh.
She also has authored three books; "Future Options in Franchis-
ing" ((979), "Tips for Waiters and Waitresses" (1981) and "Marketing
for Non-profit Cultural Organizations" (1986).
Another evening student, Stephen Harrison, took his undergraduate
business degree to Georgia where he works for the State Department
of Audit.
But, unlike Church, Harrison said his job and family prevented
him from enjoying the social benefits of college.
He said he keeps in touch with a few of his friends and enjoys
reading the alumni newletter in search of familiar names.
But his biggest thrill regarding his alma mater came last year.
"It was exciting when we had the basketball team playing Georgia
Tech (in the 1986 NCAA opening round), especially when we nearly
beat them,'' he said. "I normally root for all the Atlanta teams, but
I just had to root for Marist."
students were very enthused and
didn't shy away from the more
se~erely handicapped children,"
said Dunlop.
Dunlap said she was especially
impressed with the number of male
students who volunteered for the
day. "The kids really see the
strength in the guys and seek them
out," she said. "Usually, the men
are totally unprepared for it."
Dunlap said the event went
smoothly and she was looking for-
ward to next year's One to One
Day.
"For everything that's
said
about the apathetic college student
on a Friday, I think they did pret-
ty good," she said.
'Live' show
dies after
two nights
by
Mike
Grayeb
After two episodes, "Marist
Live" is no more.
Sophomore Joe Bello, creator of
the show, decided to discontinue
the weekly talk show, citing a lack
of attendance. and the amount of
time required to prepare for the
show as his reasons.
During the first show, when con-
cert tickets were given away to at-
tract a large audience, 50 people at-
tended. At the second show, that
number was cut in half.
Bello said students expressed a
lack of
enthusiasm
for the show,
originally scheduled
for five
episodes
on Sunday
nights.
"Nobody here has a desire for
entertainment or information,'' he
said. "They just want to stay in
their respective areas and get as in-
toxicated as they can.
"If
Marist students are not go-
ing to give up one hour of their free
time, I'm certainly not going to
force myself, my staff, or my
guests to give up theirs,'' BeJlo
said.
Co-host Karen Chatterton said
the show might have gained a wider
audience if it was introduced earlier
in the semester.
"It
really was a
good thing,'' she said. "I think the
people who showed up to see it
reaJly had a good time."
Bello, who is transferring to
another college next year, said he
began the show in an effort to in-
form and entertain students on
campus. "There is a definite need
for a show like this here," he said.
"We are a divided community and
this was the kind of resource of in-
formation the student government
said was needed at Marist."
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Salary--
Continued fr~m page 1
a national average of $35,637 at
private institutions in 1984-85.
A third administrator listed, the
college's former Academic Vice
President Andrew Molloy, was
making $54,458, an increase of 13
percent. That figure compared with
a national average of $43,800 at
private institutions.
Edward Waters, vice president
for administration and finance,
was making $54,158, 10 percent
higher than the year before. That
same position at private institutions
nationally had a median salary of
$37,750.
Another administrator, Anthony
Cernera, earned $52,559. He was
assistant vice president under
Molloy in 1984-85 and became vice
president for advancement and
development in fall 1985. Com-
paritive national figures were not
available.
Salaries of professors at Marist
continue to be higher than the na-
tional average for baccalaureate in-
stitutions like Marist, according to
1986-87 figures.
"We're competitive and that's
where we want to be," Murray
said. "We expect from them the
very best from their teaching
abilities."
According to a survey by the
AAUP, the median salary for a full
professor in 1986-87
at private bac-
calaureate institutions is $38,500.
The median salary for full faculty
at Marist is $42,200, or almost 10
percent higher than the national
average.
The average Maris! associate
professor makes $33,500, approx-
imately 6 percent higher than the
national average, according to the
AAUP survey. The median salary
for an associate professor at a bac-
calaureate institution like Maris!
was $31,500, the survey said.
An average assistant professor at
Marist makes $26,300, while the
median salary for an assistant pro-
fessor nationally is $25,900, accor-
ding to the AAUP's survey.
The salaries, reported to the
AAUP in the thousands of dollars
and rounded· to the nearest hun-
dred, cover all members of a
school's instructional staff, except
those in medical schools, and are
adjusted to a standard nine-month
work year.
Assault--
Continued from page 1
with Brian Colleary, athletic direc-
tor, and Men's Head Basketball
Coach Dave Magarity, to explain
his involvement in the incident.
Magarity said Gre<;n's status as
a member of the team and as a
scholarship athlete will be deter-
mined
after
the Town
of
Poughkeepsie Court and the Office
of Student Affairs at Marist make
their decisions regarding the
incident.
On Monday, Magarity said he
gathered from speaking with Green
that McClung's role was limited to
inciting Green's actions.
Magarity, who did not recruit
Green, declined to speculate on
what specific action the athletic
department might take if Green is
found guilty, but said he felt
uneasy about changing the college's
financial commitment to Green.
"I've dismissed kids from teams,
but one thing I've never done is
taken away the scholarship," said
Magarity. "That becomes a very
serious thing in terms of the fami-·
ly and our commitment to them."
Magarity said he provides all
recruited athletes for the basketball
team with a players' handbook
which explains expected behavior
of the athletes.
"When you're one of 20 or 30
scholarship athletes on this cam-
pus, people know that," said
Magarity. "Everything you do on
or off campus is going to be
scrutinized. Obviously, this young
man was involved in a very dumb
thing."
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Dispute over smoking restrictions continues
by Annie Breslin
A decision is to be announced to-
day by . a New York state court
on whether
the public health
officials can proceed with the new
smoking regulations while the case
_is
being appealed by the Cuomo
administration.
The regulations, created by the
Public Health Council to prohibit
smoking in all public enclosed
areas, were defeated two weeks ago
by a Supreme Court justice because
they had been issued without the
approval of legislature.
Justice Harold Hughes ruled that
the Public Health Council exceed-
ed its authority when it voted for
the regulations, indicating that only
legislature has the right to decide
the most pertinent issues.
At that time, the Cuomo ad-
ministration announced it would
appeal the decision. According to
New York state law, an appeal by
the state automatically stays a
judicial order, meaning the regula-
tions would still go into effect to-
day, pending the outcome of the
Cuomo appeal.
The regulations, among the
toughest in the nation, were
enacted unanimously by the PHC,
a 15-member body appointed by
the state on Feb. 6. The PHC was
responding to a 1986 report by the
Surgeon General which stated
nonsmokers ·could be harmed by
inhaling the smoke from others.
The restrictions also prohibit
smoking in taxis and limousines,
meeting halls, stores, lobbies and
waiting rooms.
Not effected by the restrictions
are private homes, hotel rooms,
tobacco stores and private social
functions.
The state position was that the
health council posesses authority to
enact any regulations regarding
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(photo
by
Monique Catalano)
College alte,.s Baccalaureate
by
Raeann
Favata
Several changes have been made
in the baccalaureate ceremony to
help shorten the length of the
graduation ceremony, according to
Donna Berger, executive assistant
to the academic vice president.
This year, the 22 senior awards
and the teacher recognition award
will be presented at the bac-
calaureate on May 22, rather than
commencement,
according to
Berger.
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G1
ving the awards at the bac-
calaureate also allows students who
receive them to get more recogni-
tion for their achievements, Berger
said;
"When the awards were given at
the graduation the students receiv-
ed little or no recognition," said
Deborah Bell, assistant dean of
students. "This allows them to
bask in the glory a little bit."
In previous years, the bac-
calaureate
was a religious
ceremony, which lasted approx-
imately 40 minutes. However, with
the changes, the ceremony is
scheduled to be one hour long, ac-
cording to Bell.
In addition to changing the for-
mat of the ceremony, which will
begin at 5 p.m., the locatio11 has
been moved from the Chapel to the
Campus pets on their own
by Jean E. Clements
Otto, a Ganland Commons
Apartments resident, could hav_e
been homeless this summer. Lucki-
ly, he will stay at the home of one
of his housemates in Wyckoff,
N.J.
Others like Otto, a small, multi-
colored mutt, are not so fortunate.
Every year at this time many
campus pets are abandoned at
Marist. Having a pet may be fun,
but people don't always realize it
is also a full-time responsibility.
"You don't get a pet for a
whim," said Joyce Baker, shelter
manager at the Dutchess County
ASPCA "a pet is a commitment,
you can:t get one for six or nine
months."
It's against the law to abandon
a pet,
according
to Ali_ce
McElligott, president of the Mid-
dletown Humane Society. "It's a
misdemeanor," she said.
Not only is it illegal to abandon
a pet, they are not allowed on the
Marist campus.
A fine of $25 will be levied against
any resident having an animal or
pet in the room or in the common
areas of the building. Upon direc-
tion, this animal or pet is to be im-
mediately removed • from the
facility."
Regardless of campus policies
and the law, students continue to
get pets and some are faced with a
problem at the end of the semester
-
what to do with their "extra
roommate."
Left on their own, pets' chances
of survival are slim, but there are
alternatives.
"If
a college student tries to
bring a pet in we call their parents
and try to get them to adopt the
pet," said Baker. "We try to adopt
them all, but the rest must be put
to sleep."
- The Humane Society also tries to
find homes for as many pets as
possible.
McCann Center in order to seat
more people, according to Berger.
"Last year there were people
outside of tfJf chapel," said Berger.
"This year it will be a lot more
comfortable for the students and
their parents."
All members of the Marist com-
munity .are invited to attend the
baccalaureate and the reception
following the ceremony on the
McCann Field, according to Bell.
"A lot of people didn't go to the
ceremony last year because they
wanted to save room for the seniors
and their parents, but now we can
accommodate everyone," said Bell.
public health, with or without the
legislature's approval.
.
Bill Fagel, a public affairs
representative for the State Health
Department, said he doesn't believe
the PHC exceeded its authority
when it voted in favor of the
regulations.
"The Public Health Council is
an independent body, represen-
tative of segments of the popula-
tion, which makes recommenda-
tions relating to the public health
code," he said. "At the surface,
they're simply following through
with accepted procedures."
Fagel said the public health code
is changed on a regular basis by the
PHC, but t~at the cases are usual-
ly less controversial.
Left in the wake of this con-
troversy are thousands of local
businesses and institutions, in-
cluding Marist College, who may
have to enforce a more stringent
smoking policy and provide smoke-
free lounges and workplaces for
employees and students.
"We've already put our own in-
ternal smoking rules into play,"
said Jim Fahey, a public relations
official at IBM in Poughkeepsie.
"I
don't think it's going to have a ma-
jor effect."
Local Charismatics feel
spirit at special Mass
by Michael McGarry
Every Thursday
night the
Charismatic
Roman Catholic
Christians from Mount Carmel
Church in Poughkeepsie meet for
a prayer meeting in the Marist Col-
lege Chapel. They are a side of
Catholicism that few people know
about or get to see.
The Charismatic movement is
characterized by strong beliefs in
the Holy Spirit, the gift of speak-
ing in tongues and faith healing.
The movement grew out of the
Protestant Charasmatic movement
in the 1950s and early
I
960s.
Charismatic gifts first began to be
seen in the United States among the
students and faculty of Duquesne
University, Notre Dame Universi-
ty and Michigan State University in
1967.
"All it's about is a personal rela-
tionship with the Lord," according
to Donna Morrison, a member of
the prayer group. Morrison became
Charismatic after a friend took her
to a prayer service when she was
feeling depressed and suicidal.
Ten people -
nine ladies and
one man -
were present at the
prayer service. The service started
with the saying of the rosary, and
it included hymns and personal
testimony from members of the
group. Morrison told a story about
her friend who was given a
20
per-
cent chance of conceiving a child.
The group prayed for the woman
and she was able to give birth.
Morrison passed around a picture
of the child.
During the service, there were
periods when people would bow
their heads, close their eyes, and
say, "Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord."
Occasionally a group
member would pray by speaking in
tongues.
An elderly lady, dressed in a blue
coat, raised her hands and
whispered a phrase which sounded
like, "Ali Hash Kis Ki Hash."
Charismatics believe when they
speak in tongues the Holy Spirit is
working
through
them and
teaching them another way to pray
to God.
"My girlfriend
told
me speaking
in tongues was total hysteria," said
Morrison. "But I back it up with
Scripture." Morrison refers to the
passage from Acts of the Apostles,
where the apostles spoke in tongues
after the Pentecost.
.
Although the words used when
speaking in tongues may be
unintelligible, some of them do
have meaning. According to Mor-
rison, a member of the group may
be given the power from God to in-
terpret
someone speaking in
tongues, or they may find someone
familiar with the language they use
when
speaking.
Morrison
remembers
using
the
word
"cadish" and later finding out it's
the Hebrew word for holy.
Charismatic Christians also have
healing Masses, where a person can
participate in the laying on of
hands
to
cure emotional and
physical troubles.
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"We've prayed for people with
cancer and they've been healed,"
said Morrison.
However Morrison, who is
unable ro
walk
and sits in a
wheelchair, cautions against the at-
titude of expecting total cures for
every physical ailment. "I don't go
with the purpose of saying get out
of this chair and walk.
It
(the heal-
ing Mass) works. I can't explain
it."
Many Roman Catholics refuse to
accept the Charismatics and their
beliefs. A lot of Catholics see the
Charismatic movement as moving
away from traditional Catholicism,
she said.
The current Marist student hand-
book states the pet policy:
McElligott said if students can-
not take a pet home they should
first try to get a friend to adopt it,
or placr. advertis-:::ncnts in a .
newspaper. Although the Humane
Society tries to place all pets, some
must be put to sleep when there is
not enough room to hold them.
Pleasure
or
pain?
Yet another Marist student gives in to peer pressure and visits the library in
"Animals or pets are not permit-
ted in college housing at any time.
search of knowledge.
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Page 6 - THE CIRCLE - May 7, 1987
opinion
letters
AIDS
To the Editor:
I would like to address this let-
ter to John Montanaro and all the
other people associated with this
fine institution who continually
look before they leap.
Montanaro addressed the pro-
blem of AIDS in the April 30 edi-
tion of The Circle. He expressed his
fear of AIDS and his concern "that
Marist College has not taken any
precautionary measures for the
prevention of AIDS and the pro-
tection of students."
ed out literature to the 3S people
who attended. The literature in-
cluded pamphlets on safe sex. I
guess John was at Skinners.
The second attempt to educate
the community included a survey
offered by Dennis Creach in con-
junction with Health Services. The
survey indicated student apathy
and disinterest since only 31
students out of all the residents
even bothered to respond. l guess
John rarely checks his mail.
Marist has had the reputation of
being one large 120-acre bubble ex-
isting singularly in the Hudson
Valley. However, attempts have
been made to open Marist up to
issues of importance concerning
those outside our bubble.
One such attempt has been the
issue concerning AIDS. On Tues-
day, Feb.17, Health Services and
Housing sponsored a lecture entitl-
ed "College Students; The Next
Risk Group."
The speaker,
Deborah May, is the outreach
educator for the Mid Hudson
Valley Task Force on AIDS.
The third attempt for enlighten-
ment occurred on April 30. The
Medical Technology Club spon-
sored a lecture on AIDS given by
Dr. Stuart Miller, pathologist at St.
Francis Hospital.
It was attended by teachers and
students both in and out of the
nature and health science major. I
was rather impressed. I guess one
of those unfamiliar faces was not
John's.
Last but not least
by Julia E. Murray
There comes a time in each col-
lege student's life, usually in the
face of impending graduation (keep
your fingers crossed), when he or
the other
murray
..,
She was well informed, offered
answers
to any questions and oass-
So to John Montanaro and those
like him, I say next time you jump
on the bandwagon and accuse
Marist for being wrong, think
again. Come out of your even
smaller bubble and open your eyes.
she must pause to reflect on the
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totality of the higher education ex-
I'd like to say I learned how to
complain at Marist, but I think I
was born with the gift. Marist did,
however, give me a chance to hone
my skills on really worthwhile sub-
jects, such as toilet paper without
perforations and finding eight
months worth of mail in the cam-
pus mailbox I wasn't even told
about until April (my bank didn't
buy that story either, but it's true,
honest).
Kristen Blair perience and the impact it will have
on his or her future.
CUB.
In other words - what did Mom
and Dad just blow $40,000 on?
My own reflections on the sub-
ject have led me to compose a list
of what I learned at college, which
!intend to present to my father on
graduation day
instead
of a check
for the
$40,000
(sorry. Dad).
Hopefully it will give him an idea
of just what he spent four years
arguing
long distance with the
Business Office for.
To the Editor:
This letter is a response to the
campaign
of misinformation
started by Jim Magura, a Marist
College student. Through the
medium of posters and a letter to
the editor, Mr. Magura charged
that the Marist College Union
Board: a) spent $4,000 on Alan
Arkin's lecture and b) not booking
Smithereens for Mayfest, whereas
they would have cost $5,000.
The lecture by Mr. Arkin was
sponsored by three different
organizations at Marist. The C.U.B
Lecture Committee did not alone
spend $4,000 for Mr. Arkin's
appearance.
Secondly,
Mr.
Magura,
Smithereens never offered to come
to Marist for
$5,000.
It was discuss-
ed by some students not connected
to C.U.B., but the C.U.B Concert
Committee did not receive an of-
fer for Smithereens to play at
Mayfest.
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Further more, Betty Yeaglin did
not try to stop C.U.B from book-
ing Smithereens .. Since a
$5,000
of-
fer did not come into being, she
could hardly disapprove of that
either. You told Betty that 500
Marist students would pay $10 each
to see Smithereens. If you can raise
$5,000,
try to book them! You will
be a Marist hero if you are
successful.
Mr. Magura, if you do not like
C.U.B. concert or lecture program-
ming, or programming by any
other committee or club on cam-
pus, we invite you to join that
organization (such as C.U.B.) and
program events, work
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within a
budget and attract many people to
your events. Otherwise, you should
not complain.
We recommend in the future,
Mr. Magura, you get your /acts
straight before making yourself
look like an idiot.
Tom Nesbitt, C.U.B.
concert chairperson
Alan Gibbs, C.U.B.
lecture chairperson
Foremost in my mind at the mo-
ment (because I just spent 10
·
minutes standing in the pouring
rain trying to cross Route 9) is the
time I have devoted to learning to
be a duck in a shooting gallery.
After dodging Beemers during rush
hour for four long years, I'm ready
for any carnival on the circuit. At
least there I'll be safe.
Freshman and sophomore years
I devoted considerable time to lear-
ning about canned sardines. Com-
bining 20 drunken people, three
nicotine fits and one arthritic
elevator makes you realize the sar-
dines may not have been dead when
they were canned.
Progressive Coalition
The library taught me something
which my teachers in high school
neglected to mention, namely that
obviously nothing notewo_rthy
has
happened in the last 75 years or the
library would have a book on it.
And
silly me thought the 20th cen-
tury was an age of progress!
To the Editor:
I would like to bring to the at-
tention of the Marist community
an incident that is an
infringement
of our rights on campus. The Pro-
gressive Coalition
made ar-
rangements to sponsor a bus to
Washington, D.C. on April 25 for
a march and rally for Peace and
Justice in Central America and
South Africa. We made all the
necessary arrangements with the
Activities Office and obtained the
use of a table in the Champagnat
breezeway to sell tickets and
distribute literature on April 20-22.
THE:
CIRCLE:
Due to other campus group ac~
tivities in the breezeway on the first
two days, we did not table ag-
gressively and focused on handing
out literature.
On Wednesday,
April 22,
however, we planned for people to
be there all day to sign people up
for the bus trip. We handed out
literature to students as they walk-
ed through the area and talked to
them about the march. Between 3
p.m. and 4 p.m. the Activities Of-
fice came down and took our
literature. They informed us that
Continued on page 10
A poster over the circulation
desk in the library taught me
another valuable lesson: the letters
"ID" don't stand for "identifica-
tion." I always figured the ID cards
were for identification,
since
regulation three on the back of the
card says the card must be
presented when requested by col-
lege officials, but maybe they j~st
want to see if we are photogemc.
As to what the letters actually stand
for, I have no idea. Maybe "Idiot's
Delight."
Editor:
Julie Sveda
Arts
&
Entertainment
Editor:
Associate Editors:
Bill DeGennaro
News Editor:
Mike Grayeb
Viewpoint Editor:
Sports Editor:
Paul Kelly
Photography Editor:
The lesson which will be the most
difficult to shake is the Pavlov's
dogs experiment, which lurks
behind the innocent sounding title
of a fire drill. For four years I have
bounced, or fallen out of
bed
in the
middle of the night to answer the
call of the alarm. Through snow
and rain, with shoes or without, I
have never failed to obey the siren's
beckoning. Even when the alarm
went off two or three times a night,
every night during fmals week, and
even when I knew the culprit was
my own shower,
l
went - but no
more. The next time I hear a smoke
alarm blare, I'm kicking off my
shoes and reaching for the mar-
shmallows. My days of romping
barefoot in the snow are over.
The recent discussions over .the
use of the Lowell Thomas Center's
basement has reminded me of yet
another
important
lesson -
buildings are much more fragile
•
than people. Obviously it is too
dangerous to put WMCR in Lowell
Thomas since strangers will be
wandering in and out of the
building at all hours of the night.
Equally apparent is the contrast
between the frail Lowell Thomas
Center and the He-man/She-ra
type students living in Cham-
pagnat, where the radio station is
currently housed. And you thought
bricks were tougher than people!
Marist East taught me an impor-
tant lesson about atmosphere. Not
only are windows not necessary for
human extstence, neither is heat,
space, clocks or color on the walls
(white is not a color,
at
least not
in
my book).
Last, but not least, I learned that
the ideal "College of My Choice,"
along with most people's, exists on-
ly ii:i a Disney movie starring Kurt
Russell. Marist is not perfect by
any. means (forgive me for· even
hinting it), but there are worse
places to be (though the list has
narrowed down
.
since Alcatraz
closed).
And now for the moment no one
has been waiting for -
my thank
you list. Anyone who doesn't think
they are mentioned might as well
skip to the Viewpoint page, since
these things are tedious enough
even when your name is in them.
Anyway, I'd like to thank Denise
Wilsey and David McCraw for ask-
ing me to do this column in the first
place; it's been a lot of fun (in bet-
ween migraines). I'd also like to
thank Julie Sveda, who undoubted-
ly heard the stories, but put up with
me anyway.
My housemates, both last year
and this year, as well as my friends,
are also due for a vote of thanks.
Thank you for having the good
grace not to shoot me when I ran
around
.
the house every Sunday
night whimpering because I didn't
have an idea for a.column (deadline
is Monday). Thanks too for all the
column ideas you gave me, and I'm
sorry if I didn't get to use them all.
Lastly, I'd like to mention Ron -
because he wanted his name in the
paper. Live it up!
Well folks, have a nice life.
Correction
Last week, The Circle incorrectly stated that Apple Blossom Pro-
ductions, the theater company founded by Frank Colletta, donated
all its proceeds to charities. Only a portion or the proceeds actually
go to charity.
Gina Disanza
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May 7, 1987:. THE CIRCLE- Page 7
viewpoint
The girl in the white dress
by Stephen Garmhausen
Remember the computer fair
held in Donnelly Hall recently? Of
course you do. How could you not
with all the posters in Donnelly
Hall?
Interesting posters. They are
advertisements for.
..
what's this?
IBM computers. IBM. I've heard
that name from somewhere.
Let's take a look at these posters.
Lord, check the girl in the white
dress. Ouch.
She's happy. I wonder. why
..
Well, there's only one way to find
out. That's right, we'll have
ti:>
ask
her.
"Excuse me, miss."
... why is she so happy?
"Not now, loser: Can't you see
I have other things on my mind?"
"Sorry. What else is on your
mind?"
"Computers.
IBM personal
computers. Now, please."
"You seem extremely happy
about buying this computer."
"Why shouldn't I? What are
you, trying to upset me?
"I don't think so. Have I upset
you?"
How could such a pretty girl get
upset? Look at her. She is
gorgeous. Look at her friends. Sure
they're a bit on the flaky side, but
that's cool these days.
I remember when 'I first tasted
cabbage. I hated it. Good for the
mind, good for the body. My bean
is filled with cabbage. See it spill
out in a Nicaraguan jungle. It's not
really so bad. It's a fifty-fifty pro-
position. Your adrenalin is racing,
the gun in your hands is acting in-
dependently of your brain.
It keeps firing. J'at tat tat tat
...
You don't stop to think about plac-
ing a collect call to the folks ...
"Collect call from your loving son
to his loving mother. Will you ac-
cept? Will you accept?"
"I don't know what you're talk-
ing about."
" ... your loving son, will you ... "
"What are you trying to do,
upset me?"
Now I know why the girl in the
white dress is happy. She was a col-
lege student. Youth, fashion, clear
skin: No worries.
"Robert Kennedy is dead. A
bullet from the gun of a ... "
"The Reverend Martin Luther
King, early this morning ... "
"The President has been shot
...
"
"My mother cried when Presi-
dent Kennedy died ... "
"Shot rings out in the Memphis
sky. Free at last! They took your
life -
they could not take your
pride. In the name of ... "
"This here elixir posseses many
strange and wonderful- yes, I say
wonderful healing qualities. Imbibe
the pleasant tasting wonder potion.
Flex your muscles. Looky-here,
pride! Not true, of course. Pride is
a by-product of challenge. Jesus,
but we could use some more of that
around here
...
"
"I call the shots here, gentlemen.
Now, you will disperse in order
to
... "
"Merry Christmas, Bedford
Falls!"
"What?" The blonde in white
had spoken.
"I didn't say anything. Really.
I'm getting a good solid, liberal arts
education. Here. At Marist."
"No doubt you are. Will it be
enough?"
Stephen
Garmhausen
is a
sophomore majoring in com-
munication arts.
Marist in retrospect: A senior looks back
by Michael McGarry
The fat lady is beginning to sing
and my four-year career at Marist
College is winding down. If there's
one word which can serve as a
. theme for my four years at Marist
it's "change."
The campus has physically
changed.
Second
semester
freshman year saw classes begun to
be held at Marist East. Second
semester senior year saw the grand
opening of the Lowell Thomas
C_ommunications Center ..
The Gartland Commons Apart-
ments were built during my
.junior
year, and like every other building
project at Marist, construction was
delayed. For the second time in
three years people were forced to
"triple up" in rooms which were
built for two.
The Fish is gone from the front
of Champagnat Hall. There are
more curbs now then when I arriv-
ed and as always Marist continues
to lead the world in the number of
speed bumps present on
a
college
campus.
But not all the physical campus
changes were made by the ad-
ministration. Who can forget the
tree planted my sophomore year in
the middle of the path between
Champagnat and Donnelly? It was
knocked
down by seniors that year
on their run through campus the
night
before River
Day.
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The
site of River
Day
has chang-
ed
also. Freshman and sophomore
years
it
was held down
by the
river.
Junior year it
was
held
in the mid-
dle of Poughkeepsie somewhere
(not many people who were there
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was). And this year it was held on
the new fields behind the Gartland
Commons Apartments.
Rockwell's
has closed and
Working Class is now Sidetracks.
Friends have graduated
and
transferred. I've seen four basket-
ball coaches and the team go from
a losing record to an NCAA tour-
nament selection.
Some of the changes have caus-
ed me to ask questions. They used
to let everybody into graduation.
Why can't
a
school that reclassified
.'•1
a building to get close to 4,000 peo-
ple in to see a championship
basketball game figure out some
way to let more then four people
from each family into graduation?
Lastly, since l've been here, a lot
of students have voiced negative
opinions about Marist. Marist isn't
Harvard, but it's not Apex Tech
either. All in all, l would have to
say this wasn't a bad place to go to
school.
Michael McGarry
is a senior ma-
joring in
communication arts.
An actor and his audience
by John Roche
Two years ago I played Buddy in
the play "Acts of Contrition." It
was a great play and a great part,
but that isn't what I remember
most about it. It was done in the
Fireside Lounge, which was great
because small space meant more
intimacy.
Buddy was a triple-murderer on
death row close to being executed.
A psychiatrist .was evaluating
whether I was still sane enough to
die.
At
a very strong point in the
play, as Buddy, I tell of my crimes.
In detail I tell of how I killed my
girlfriend, her sister and a three-
year-old boy. I was sitting almost
at the edge of the stage, facing out,
reliving the murders. As I got into
the story that night, I could feel my
eyes begin to water. In the back of
my mind I was aware of the tears
building up.
It was important, and somewhat
special to me. A bit of a milestone
in my acting career. My first
theatrical tear. To cry on stage, to
just feel myself bearing my soul to
people. It sounds corny, but here
it was.
I was just about to cry. Just as
the first tear slipped onto my
eyelash and down my face, the ab-
solute stillness, the silence except
for my lines was broken. Broken by
the whisper of some guy in the
front row, which was no more than
two feet away from me. "That
dude is really crying, man." To me,
his whisper sounded like a yell, and
the urge to laugh was pretty strong,
although I didn't.
I never talked to other actors
about what they see or hear in the
audience in front of them, but as
for me, I see and hear a lot. And
I enjoy it. Sometimes I get bothered
by the audience -
like when so-
meone takes the wrapper off a can-
dy bar in the middle of a great
scene. Or any scene for that matter.
It's so rude to eat in the theater.
It's rude to actors who are trying
to create something, but more so
it is rude to the audience -
eater
included -
because it interferes
with the reception of the play and
its message. That's why it bothers
me. Because I'm working hard to
get the play across to you, the au-
dience, because I really want you
to recieve it. And I don't want a
candy wrapper or a watch alarm or
.
anything to interfere with that
communication.
I see the audience as both a
group and as individuals. I need in-
timacy when I act. Not only with
other actors but also with the au
0
dience. And I can't always relate to
the audience without seeing in-
dividuals. I pick people out. Either
someone I recognize or someone
who is reacting a lot. I'm not real-
ly sure what or why or how I do it.
It goes on as a second thought. I'm
involved in my character and the
play, but all kinds of things float
around in my head.
Recently, I did a play called
"Sexual Perversity in Chicago" at
MASC, which is also small and in-
timate. A lot of the play was done
out to the audience, so I pretty
much knew who was sitting in front
of me. Also, at various times the
audience area served as something
else, like a nursery school, a movie
theater, a toy store, a beach and so
on.
The beach scene called for refer-
ring out to the audience and direc-
ting comments to, and about,
various imaginary women. It was
funny, because the same thing
would happen every night. When
we would comment about good
looking imaginary women, all the
women in the section of the au-
dience we were looking out at
would sit up straight and smile.
But when a few lines later we
talked about ugiy fat chicks toward
another section of the audience, all
the women would squirm, trying to
position thems~lf as far from our
gaze asthey could. One woman ac-
tually came up to me after one
show and asked why I was looking
at her when I said my "She is
something of a pig" line. It took
some convincing to get her to
believe I wasn't looking particular-
ly at her.
When I was younger my brother
Laurence told me to look at the top
of people's heads when I was do-
ing a reading at a school assembly,
and basically that's still what I do.
When things are going good, I'm
more conscious that I'm being seen
than of what I'm seeing. When that
happens the audience gets blurry,
like a dream sequence in a movie.
I sort of see through them.
It's hard
to
explain. It's sort of
like the difference between hearing
someone and listening to someone.
The image is absorbed by one or
the other sense, but sometimes your
mind doesn't do anything more
with the image than log it.
When I first started doing things
on stage, whether it was acting or
singing or whatever, I couldn't
really see past the lights. The au-
dience was just this big blackness.
I'm wondering if my nervousness
did that. Maybe I wasn't ready
then to actually see "all those peo-
ple.'' But by the time I was in high
school, I had no problem seeing
people instead· of lights.
The audience is extremely impor-
tant to me. A good audience really
pumps me up, and sometimes a
bad audience throws me off a bit.
That's how it feels to me, anyway.
I can't say what it looks like.
I think too many people
overlook or deny that theater is im-
mediate two-way communication.
There is instantaneous feedback,
not only at the end by applause or
booing, but throughout. Of course,
the actors affect the audience but
the audience affects the actors.
Some actors and directors, etc. say
the second part of that sentence
shouldn't be. But the fact is, it's
true.
That's the beauty of theater.
That interdependence between ac-
tor and actor, and audience and ac-
tor. A group of people, strangers
mostly, come together in the same
room for a while. We do something
together. And at least for an hour
or two, that's all there is.
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Fashion students shine at weekend show
by
Diane Pasquaretta
"Can someone help me press
this? Are there any extra hangers?
Does anyone have dark brown
stockings?"
Such was the conversation
backstage at the 10th annual Marist
College fashion show just minutes
before music and a foot-lit runway
transformed the Theater into a
fashion showcase.
For one hour and 15 minutes last
Friday and Saturday nights, 21
students from the Fashion Design
IV class displayed their creations
before a packed house.
Backstage was a flurry of activi-
ty; the models were alotted only a
few minutes to change from one
outfit to another and the show
coordinators were making sure the
right accessories were worn with
each outfit.
In the wings, the designers were
visible. Resembling proud, though
nervous, parents, their tension
dissolved with the audience's
applause.
"It's sad to think that two
semesters of work are put into an
hour and 15 minute show," said
senior Nicole Thew of
Canton,
N.Y.
The show marked the culmina-
tion of a full year of work for the
students who were required to
design and construct outfits for
each of the fashion categories:
spring, summer, fall and resort.
Wool suits, linen shorts, taffeta
dresses and.leather jackets were a··
few of the 72 garments worn by 13
men and women recruited from
Glamourworld, a Poughkeepsie
modeling agency, and Marist's stu-
dent body.
The show, which represented a
wide range of style and color, also
included a yellow, "rubberized"
dress designed by senior
•
Beth
Jameson, and a white organdy and
satin wedding gown, the creation of
senior Amy Stummer.
"The fashion department has
come a
long
way,"
said
Mark
vanderHeyden, vice president for
academic
affairs,
"Carmine
Porcelli has brought the depart-
ment to new heights."
Three distinguished designers,
Richai:d Assatly of Anne Klein II,
Mark Bozek, an associate of the
late Willi Smith, designer of
WilliWear, and John Lloyd, an
associate of Bill Blass, were on
hand to present the first annual
Silver Needle Awards.
Each student sketched designs
which were then critiqued by Assat-
ly, Blass and Smith. The criteria for
judging the awards was originali-
ty, execution and presentation of
design.
Stephanie Rose, a junior from
CatskiJJ, N. Y., received the
Richard Assatly award for her
black, silk crepe strapless gown.
"I
look for three key notes:
simplicity,
elegance
and
timeliness," said Assatly.
"I
felt
her design illustrated those."
A black and white organdy skirt
and top designed by senior Alison
Seger of Peekskill, N. Y ., won the
WilJi Smith award.
Doriann Apice, a senior from
Dix Hills, N.Y., received the Bill
Blass award for her brown leather
jacket and wool short outfit.
Assatly said he has previously
critiqued students. in Manhattan
schools only, but his 15-year ac-
quaintance with Porcelli, professor
of fashion design and show coor-
dinator, brought him to Marist.
"Marist is giving New York
schools
a
lot of competition," said
Assatly, adding, "The taste level
was young and the quality was very
professional and exceptional; I was
very impressed and I really enjoyed
myself."
Photos
by
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Marano
'The taste level
was young and
the quality was
very professional
and exceptional;
I was very im-
pressed,
and I
really
enjoyed
myself~,
-Richard
Assatly,
Anne Klein II
'Carmine Porcelli
has brought
the
fashion department
to new heights.'
-Marc
vanderHeyden
academic
vice president
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May
7,
1987- THE CIRCLE- Page 9
etcetera
A · finals survival kit and some parting words
by
Gina Disanza
The last issue of The Circle can
only mean one thing. Summer
vacation is just around the corner.
But~ before we can get to that
luscious three months of sun,
beaches, fun and the dreaded sum-
mer job, we must surpass one last
obstacle, an obstacle which strikes
fear in the hearts of thousands and
thousands of college students each
year at this time.
By now, I'm sure you know that
obstacle can only be one thing -
Finals Week!
Surely you remember the horror
from Finals Weeks past, staying up
all night and missing out on the
first signs of spring as you pour
over concepts and theories that just
refuse to be understood. Tests,
papers, projects, grades; it's
enough to make a person crazy.
. Well, before that dreaded ritual
is too close for comfort, there are
certain essentials which should be
procured to make the event a little
more bearable. Let's just call this
a finals survival kit.
Food -
Most important, make
sure your refrigerator is stocked.
One cannot expect to study well
without the proper fuel. Start off
with cookies and milk; nothing is
better when you are suddenly feel-
ing like
you have the mentality of
an eight year old. Lots of soda or
iced tea is also great for either
drinking or dumping over your
roommate's head
(did
you ever
notice how he or she seems to
have
infinitely more free time than you
do? Well, guess what ... he or she is
saying the same thing about you!).
Then, of course, .thi:re'.s
junk food.
Don't worry about your weight -
it just doesn't matter, and besides,
you have a whole summer to work
it off.
Tissues -
Make sure you have
plenty of them for those sudden
outbursts of panic-stricken fear,
which inevitably lead to tears.
Also, face the fact now that you're
going to be sick during the entire
week, so you'll be sniffling the
whole time.
Change -
Somehow, all your
cash transactions during finals •
week will undoubtedly .involve
silver. From the soda machines to
the heartless telephones which are
your only link to reality, the catch
word is coins.
Calendar -
Nothing feels better
right now than counting down the
days until it's over. Use the calen-
dar as a constant reminder that
there is a light at the end of the tun-
nel. And don't forget the big black
marker for putting an "X"
through each passing day.
Something buggable -
Now, this
varies greatly. It could be anything
or anyone from your teddy bear to
a pillow to your girl/boy friend. It
will serve as the perfect release for
tension, not to mention a reason to
believe your existence still matters.
Something throwable -
Not to be
confused with the previous necessi-
ty, this most definitely should be
something soft and durable which
is not a danger to yourself, your
friends or any of the possessions in
your room (owned by you or our
fine institution).
Rubber
atoves -
To protect you
from biting your nails off.
Shower cap • To prevent you
from pulling your hair out.
Cheap Trick still
magical
tQ
fans
by Tim
Sheehan
Remember Cheap Trick?
I don't ask that facetiously, I'm
just wondering because their reign
at the top of the charts was so brief
and frantic and they might have
whizzed
• right
by
the
underclassmen.
Most juniors and seniors, I'm
sure, have "Live At Budokan"
buried somewhere in their record
collection, but to. others the Trick
may be just another unknown
group that pops up in the bargain
bin once in awhile.
After seeing the band last Thurd-
say night at the Chance, I think
they might like it better that way.
Consider, for a moment, the
plight of Rick Nielsen and com-
pany. Three albums into their
career, (perhaps before they were
ready for success), somebody sud-
denly realized that "I Want You
To Wani Me," complete with the
hysterical screams of Japanese
teenagers, made a pretty cool
single. Hip high school kids (th3:t's
us) listened to the rest of the bve
album, knew it was a great party
record (Side 2 still is!) and all of a
sudden they were mega~tars.
The next album, "Dream
Police," fits into the band's evolu-
tion as a logical follow-up to the
first three records, but it was a
disappointment to many because it
couldn't follow up the party at-
mosphere
and • freshness
of
"Budokan."
It was all downhill from there,
as Cheap Trick's albums w~re
unceremoniously released and ig-
nored by all but the diehards.
From the looks of things last
week at the Chance, it didn't seem
that they mind too much. Rick
Nielsen lived up to his wild reputa-
tion, seemingly on all sides of the
stage at once,
doing Pete
Townshend-like flailing on his
guitar, and using his guitar as a bat
in mid-solo to hit guitar picks into
the audience.
And yes, Rick had his legendary
collection of wild guitars with him,
most notably the one with five
necks and the one built into the
shape of his body.
-Robin Zander still. looked like
the teen
idol
of seven years ago and
his voice was in top form as the
band belted out both hits and un-
familiar material.
I wasn't sure how this .band,
which at one time sold out col-
iseums, would feel about playing at
a tiny place in Po-town, but they
seemed really happy to. be there.
The crowd, too, was thrilled to
have the Trick playing
for
them.
Most people around me knew the
words to many more songs than I
did and I got the feeling that Cheap
-Trick meant more to them than to
the average rock fan.
And then, there were the songs.
"Surrender."
"Ain't
That a
Shame." "Dream Police."
"I
Want You To Want
Me." All
of
them were banged out with the
same amount of energy and sense
of humor present in the old
albums.
The newer songs were great also;
I didn't know all of them and
friends that came with me knew
even less, but Cheap Trick is one
of those bands which you don't
have to know every one of their
songs to enjoy in concert -
take
my word for it.
And more importantly, dig out
"Live At Budokan" and slap it on
at a party this summer. When you
do, remember that Cheap Trick is
more than a fun part of the past.
They're alive and well, playing to
their genuine fans and, from_ the
looks of it, still having a great ume.
Well, that's about it. In case
you're wondering why the enter-
tainment column is being dedicated
to surviving finals, face it, what else
could I write about ... there is
nothing entertaining about finals
week. But, if you're a purist and
insist on me writing about fun
out
and
about
alternatives, this next section, the
study break, is dedicated to you.
You've decided that the only way
you are ever going to make sense
of anything (and for that matter,
remember what your name is) will
be to take an hour to just goof off.
But, you don't want your mind to
shut off entirely, so you want to
keep active. Here are some options:
. Take a walk -
Clear your head
with the fragrances of fresh
(?)
Poughkeepsie air. It might sound
silly, but it really does help. If you
really have some free time, head up
to the Vanderbilt mansion. I've
been spending a lot of time there
lately and it is really the perfect
spot to calm fr~yed nerves (the view
of the Hudson is phenomenal).
Talk to your roommate (or
parents)-
When was the last time
you really had a serious down-to-
• earth, good old-fashioned talk.
by Kienn Alex Murphy
I am fully aware that using this
column
space
to
perform
dangerous and sometimes pointless
artistic
experimentation
has
bordered on malfeasance.
Likewise, I understand that
recurrent themes pertaining to
writing about my writing have
become an old whine in a weekly
specimen jar, but since this is my
swan song allow me to clean out
my notebook while we chat.
Ah yes, here's a rotting leftover.
Something I couldn't force into any
of my stories ... My heart has been
broken so many times I keep it in
a splint, he screamed, taking a dog-
gie bag out and collecting scraps to
feed his anger.
I think my problem is in form
and content. I never write about a
specific anything, therefore I have
no content and thus no form. The
answer for me would be to lock in-
to a genre.
Drugstore romance would pro-
bably be the most effective therapy
for me. It is also a lucrative trade.
A publishing company hires you
with the understanding that you
will write X number of books with
the content of Y. They give you the
type of characters, the setting, the
plot summary and the title.
All you have to do is fill in the
rest. .. A castle courtyard
in
Droghedad on the coast of Wales,
circa 723
A.O.
Kyle, armoured and
pectoral-incremented anti-hero on
his equally muscular stallio_n
bounds over balustrades and
parapets and encounters the Druid
priestess, Mariah.
She stands intrepid and defiant,
cloaked in monk's robe. Not one
for small talk, Kyle dismounts and
rips the garb from her shoulders,
revealing her battle dress. His
powerful arms draws her in like a
serpent's tail. Her iron brassiere
scrapes
against
his bronze
breastplate. They fall to the ver-
There's so much to say right now,
and besides, you'll feel better
knowing he or she is not ac-
complishing anything either.
Music -
Buy yourself that new
album or tape you've wanted. It
will make you feel good about life
in general. If you have nothing par-
ticular in mind, something jazzy
would be pretty cool, or maybe the
blues would be more appropriate.
"The National Enquirer" -
Alright, so maybe I'm reaching
now, but aren't you kind of curious
where the latest UFO's have land-
ed and who is going to be Liz
Taylor's hubby number eight (or is
that nine)? Any of the "super-
market specials" are great for light
reading and an interesting way to
start a conversation with someone
who is diligently at work (we can't
let that happen when you are on a
study break!).
So, that's about it.
If
this plan
won't get you through finals,
I
don't know what will. But just
remember, millions before us have
gotten through them and we can
too. Stay tough, and most impor-
tantly, suffer just a little .. .it will
make summer vacation all the more
enjoyable.
SOME LAST THOUGHTS -
Since this is my farewell column,
I just want to leave with a few
"thank yous" and some things to
keep an eye out for next year. To
all the other editors of The Circle,
thanks a million for putting up with
my insanity ... to my crack(ed) staff
of wrjters, Eric Turpin, Kieran
Alex Murphy, Stephanie Biear,
Josephine Miluso, Kristen Blair
and Jeff Nicosia, my undying love
and affection goes with you all of
you for making deadlines (even if
Jeff did show up at 2:30 a.m. on
occasion) ... a never-ending supply
of gratitude and love for Tim
Sheehan and Derek Simon, who
always managed to write something
when I had big, nasty gaps on my
page (usually, in Tim's case, in 20
minutes or less!) ... and finally, to
David Mccraw who has taught me
more about writing than he could
ever possibly imagine, thanks for
understanding (or at least trying!).
The big news in campus enter-
tainment next year should be New
Rock
92.
They're really pulling
things together in the Champagnat
closet and I expect a fantastic year
in 1987-88, including solid format,
good programming and some pret-
ty talented DJs. Once the transmit-
ter is purchased, the whole world
(or at least the Marist campus and
a portion of the surrounding com-
munity) will be able to hear it.
As The Chance goes back to be-
ing the major force in area music,
look to them for taking some more
risks (no, I won't say "chances")
by bringing in some new and alter-
native acts. Go when you can, even
if you're not familiar with the
band. A lot of big names (The
. Police, Cyndi Lauper, etc.) used to
play there when they were
"nobodies" and it promises to be
that way again.
And to all my faithful readers,
take care and God bless.
Leftovers
dure quadrant ground like ... crusta-
ceans in heat.
The same thing happens when I
try to write in the Mickey Spillane-
Detective genre.
The knack in this brand of
literature is making your hard-
boiled shamus something of a
cynical philosopher. Also, this is a
well-trodden venue because of all
the crime shows on television, so it
pays inject some novelty wherever
possible.
My stuff takes place in the seedy
underworld of pharmaceutical
companies, where minor illness is
lateral thinking
on a descending
elevator
big business.
Ready, count it off with
me,
one,
two ... Kurt Jetter looked up from
the sauce-stained
menu • and
squinted at the clock. 8:15 he
noted. Eternity is almost over. He
had had a hunch the big game was
going to stop at this watering hole
before nine.
Shortly thereafter, Jimmy The
Laxative Marino walked in with a
pair of goons. The linguine and red
clam sauce hit his stomach with a
thud. Kurt laughed bitterly to
himself. You'll be doing a few
million hours of community ser-
vice, he said quietly ...
It just never congeals.
I can always draw on my life,
which consists of many boring
anecdotes about a Woody Allen-
type with an Irish temper. Or I
could write about how many ways
I've been gently told to get lost. She
says, I like you too much.
In spite of being a fairly bright
guy I never catch on to the subtle-
ty of meaning in these situations.
I
always try to scramble, saying
something brilliant like, You can
like me less.
I'll
develop bad habits.
I'll eat pasta with my hands. I'll
chew ice cubes.
Everything is more complex in
fiction today. You cannot write a
western with bad indians and good
cowboys anymore. You cannot
write a biography about a great
man without disclosing a dark
secret about his past. If they did a
docudrama on Henry Kissinger
they'd have him lead a double life
as Secretary of State and as a
cigarette girl at the Stork club.
In stories of relationships it's the
same way. The trend is in a rut of
intense and twisted love/hate af-
fairs. Actually, this is a good ex-
ample of art resembling my life.
However, in my relationships, one
party does the loving and the other
party does the hating.
I don't know why I want to be
a writer. I'm as sensitive as the next
guy, I guess. But this is a lonely
business, and when business is
booming you're at your loneliest.
I blame it all on those stupid tests
I took in high school that were sup-
posed to determine what employ-
ment
I
was suited for.
You see, the career options on
the sheet were not as comprehen-
sive as they could have been. If they
had listed cocktail pianist, crash
helmet testor, fascist dictator, etc.,
I'd probably have some direction
to my life. As it stands, to appease
my mother I send out fake resumes
addressed to Spacely Sprockets,
inc.
When you're involved in the arts
or let's just say when you consider
yourself an artist somehow you
become indebted to those close to
you. I would like to thank David
Mccraw for coaxing me off a ledge
in the dark weeks of fall semester.
He is truly a good man. He is so-
meone who had the compassion to
keep a straight face when 1
periodically visited his office and
espow,ed earnest, but half-baked
ideas on the art of fiction.
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10'- THE'CIRCLE- May 7, 1987
Letters
Continued from page 6
we were soliciting and our literature
had not been approved
for
distribution. When we countered
this claim with a statement of our
First Amendment rights, we were
told that the Marist College hand-
book was the source of the rule.
The Marist handbook states on
page 10 • under "Bulletin Boards
Policy" that all notices to be
posted
must be approved by the Activities
Office. It makes no mention of
material to be distributed. Also,
although we were not soliciting, if
that is what the college wants to
consider it
(as
"political solicita-
tion"), perhaps the handbook's
section addressing "Solicitations
Policy" will offer an explanation.
On page 12, solicitation is 'discuss-
ed and the handbook states that
"prior permission must be obtain-
ed from the appropriate office" in
order to solicit on campus. For
students and student organizations
that office is the College Activities
Office. We made all of our ar-
rangements for both the bus itself
and the table through the Activities
Office.
Not only does this incident in-
volving the Activities Office violate
our First Amendment
rights, but it
also raises some questions. Why
did it take three days for the Ac-
tivities Office to realize that
literature must be approved for
distribution, and why weren't we
told this when we arranged for the
table? Where did this "rule" come
from? It is not stated in the student
handbook. The Progressive Coali-
tion has distributed literature at
many of its other activities with no
problems, and the Marist com-
munity is aware of our political
nature and expects our material to
deal with political issues. Why was
it suddenly decided that we were no
longer able to exercise our freedom
of speech?
Whether you agree with our
stand on certain issues is not the
point here. Our right to take a
stand is. We are trying to increase
awareness and discussion on cam-
pus. We are not asking anyone to
support our viewpoints. We are on-
ly asking the Maristcommunity to
support our constitutional right to
express them.
Cindy Lemek
The Progressive Coalition
Tranfers
To the Editor:
The following is a response to
the article "The transfers: Who
leaves Marist - and why (Circle,
April 30, 1987).
Specifically, I am responding to
statements attributed
to Pete
McAllister about the sciences at
Marist. First, his comments were
made after a single year here and
only while taking introductory·
science courses (General Biology
and General Chemistry).
As Advisor to the Health Profes-
sions for over 15 years at Marist,
I feel I must respond. Although we
do not have a large program, we
have been successful over the years
in having our students accepted in-
to American Medical Colleges. The
following gives our record over the
past four years. In 1987 2 of 2 ac-
cepted; 1986, 4 of 5 accepted; 1985,
2 of 4 accepted; and 1984, 2 of 3
accepted. Some of the schools
represented include SUNY Upstate,
SUNY Downstate, NY Medical
College, Mayo Medical School,
Morehouse Medical College, and
Albert Einstein Medical College.
It is also worthy to note that we
have never had any former student
fail out of ·medical school and
several have graduated with high
honors.
The criteria for medical school
acceptance are demanding. At the
present time it takes a 3.5 GPA and
successful scores on the Medical
College Admissions Test which is
a standardized science test given to
all applicants.
In addition to the advising pre-
meds and other health profession
students receive from me, all pre-
med and pre-dental students are
reviewed by a Health Professions
Faculty Committee. This review in-
cludes an interview that serves to
prepare students 'for the medical
school interview. The .committee
also is responsible for preparing a
student's
letter
of
recommendation.
In summary, Marist has a struc-
tured program to assist students in
seeking entrance to professional
schools in the health sciences and
with respect to medical school we
believe we compare favorably with
sister institutions in terms of
acceptance.
Joseph S. Bettencourt, Ph.D.
Advisor to the Health Professions·
Thanks
To the Editor:
The Adult Student Union, under
the leadership of Gary Grandy and
other officers, has been very active
in planning special events and_ ser-
ving as spokespersons for the 700
adult students on ~pus.
We thank Gary, Ardith, Bobbie
and the other graduating _seniors
for their hard work and wish them
well.
The staff of the
School of Adult
Education
River Day
Editor's
Note: The foUowing
let-
ter was-submitted
several
weeks ago
but due to space limitations;today
is
the first opportunity The· Circle
bas to
print
it.
To the Editor:
An April 9.memo
to
the Marist
community regarding River Day in-
structed there be "no unauthoriz- ,
ed gatherings at the river front or
anywhere else on campus starting
immediately until further notice.
Individuals
participating
in
unauthorized gatherings at the river
front or anywhere else on campus
can be arrested for trespassing."
The memo, signed by Peter
Amato, assistant dean of student
• affairs, and Joseph Waters, direc-
tor of safety and security, raises a
number of questions.
Fust,
how do Amato and Waters
define "unauthorized" gatherings?
Initially, one would believe they
meant any gathering that involved
alcohol.
However. on River Day, when I
attempted empty-handed to stand
behind the new wall near the
garden apartments to watch the ac-
tivities below, I was instructed by
a· Security guard that I was pro-
hibited from doing so. Could I,
and others, have
been arrested if we
remained· there?
Are Amato and Waters sayin_g
they could have . arrested the six
students who were. (without
authorization) gathered behind the
townhouses playing wiffleball that
day? Were they ."tr:espassing?"
Upon closing the memo, Amato '
and Waters stated "this notifica-
tion is prompted by a deep concern
for the safety of all members of the
college community."
If such a con-
cern exists, Mr. Amato and Mr.
Waters, why then has Marist not
yet corrected
the ·extremely
dangerous situation facing students
who must cross Route 9 to Marist
East every day?
Michael Grayeb, Junior
To the Editor:
The Marist Gollegc Men's
Basketball team certainly did con-
tribute a great deal to our school
this year. Hard worJc usually does
pay off. Hopefully the entire stu-
dent body will reap some of the
benefits from this success. It goes
without saying that the team will
extract quite a few bonuses from
their achievement. The efforts of
the team on the court will not be
minimized here.
However, I would just as soon
applaud for a lodge of child
molesters before saluting these in-
solent ingrates. It can be said that
my personal compliments for a few
of the players have been recinded.
I have stumbled into an abundance
of accounts where students speak
of
the
basketball
team
depreciatively.
Passive as I am, I never really
became plain spoken on the ques-
tion. I now have cause to. The very
recent demonstration from three
No excuses
haughty basketball players that I
was
a
witness-to is to blame for my
negative attitude directed at the
team.
To generalize and say that the
entire team holds the same rude .
qualities would be completely un-
fair. I have become hostile because
of the repulsive behavior exhibited
by three of the team's players. I
witnessed • something that never
should have happened.
The two malevolent students
beat up three of my friends. One
of them was a girl. There was no
justification for such action. The
fight may have easily become a free
for all had it not been for Securi-
ty's arrival at the scene. One of the
players was accused after the fight.
The other player was not in-
terogated. following the incident.
A friend of the two, who is also
on the team, found it permissible
to spit on one of my friends as she
voiced her disgust about the situa-
tion. There was no need to hit or
Ladies
spit at anyone. The action taken by
the players w.as completely wrong.
These individuals represent our
school. This makes me sick. rd
rather a bag lady fill those shoes
before choosing these bastards that
aren't worth the ball they bounce.
My father contributing towards the
tuition of these freeloaders that in-
flict head injuries on my friends
also sort of rubs me the wrong way.
Their performance on the court is
to be praised.
Their hostile and ungrateful at-
titude off the court is overbearing.
It would be a blatant injustice for
this to go unrecognized.
I'd also like to give a special
thanks to Dave Magarity who ap-
parently believes that these players
are such pillars of society that their
accounts of the incident should be
held as gospel. As for myself, I will
be found
with the windows locked
and the gas on
before being.seen
at
a basketball
game next year.
Eileen
Murphy,
Junior
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Financial rewards can be limited in media ca·reers
by Lauren Arthur
Students graduating with degrees
in communication arts may be in
for a long climb before landing
high-paying jobs in their field, ac-
cording to a recent survey.
According to a 1985 national
media salary survey conducted by
the School of Journalism at the
University of Missouri-Columbia,
salaries are not as overwhelming as
some may think.
Marist alumnus Bill Palmeri,
Disc Jockey
at WPDH
in
Poughkeepsie, said the money was
just not what he expected. "I learn-
ed that in a small market you just
have to suffer with it," he said.
"The only places you're going to
make big money are Los Angeles,
New York, or Chicago.':
The Missouri survey inquired
and received salary information
from 648 daily newspapers, 346
television stations and 426 radio
stations, and averaged employee
salaries according to market sii.e.
At the largest radio stations in
. the country (gross revenue more
than $5 million) the average of a
·morning drive disc jockey salary is
$88,200. The same position at a
secondary station (gross revenue $1
to $5 million) is substantially lower
· - $27,103. If you start out in the
smallest market, the average is
$13,524.
Just because the bigger com-
panies promise more money
doesn't mean you should write
them off, said Dave L'Heureux,
news director of Poughkeepsie
radio station WKIP.
L'Heureux said getting into a
larger market may mean working
as a "gopher" and not receiving
much technical or tangible ex-
perience. "A smaller station can
offer hands-on experience in copy
CUB
Leader
Junior Frank· Doldo
will juggle managing and
planning not only bis social life next year, but every
other Marist students• as well.
writing and broadcasting so you
can learn more," said L'Heureux.
Rosemary Galvez, a receptionist
at WNEW-FM in New York City,
can vouch for the difficulty of
breaking into "big time" radio.
Galvez attended the College of
Staten Island and worked at its FM
station,
has
experience
in
marketing and producing, worked
at a music agency, did her intern-
ship at WNEW, and after three
years at WNEW is still a
receptionist.
Galvez plans to get on the air.
She said working at the station of-
fers connections and ability to elicit
help from the disc jockeys. "If
anyone thinks they're going to get
rich right off the bat, they can
forget it," said Galvez.
The Missouri survey indicates
that television offers much better
career opportunities than other
media, althougfi· recent cut-backs
have plagued the industry.
"Because of corperate mergers,
the network is now cutting back on
positions. The luxurious days of
hiring extra people are over," said
information assistant in public rela-
tions
at
NBC-TV,
Aymon
Demauro.
The merger, in which General
Electric Co. purchased NBC from
RCA Corp., led to the elimination
of several hundred jobs.
"People's expectations are too
high," said Demauro. "Jobs in the
bigger market are limited and com-
petitive, and are not as high pay-
ing as other fields," said Demauro.
Demauro said people usually
think only of visible jobs like net-
work news anchor -
a position
with an average salary of $115,860.
But the same job in a mid-size
market will pay only about
$40,847. And at small stations, on-
ly about $19,924 can be expected,
according to the Missouri survey.
In newspapers, the bulk of the
money rests in the management
department.
Publishers make
about $172,991 and general
managers average $118,996 at the
largest papers, according to the
survey. Reporters can expect a top-
end salary of about $32,186 at a
major newspaper, while small
paper reporters may only average
about $12,989 a year.
Lisa Arthur, a 1985 Marist
graduate, started part-time at a
small weekly paper making $60 a
week. She went on to a daily, and
back to the same weekly, as a
regional editor making $400 a
week.
"I didn't mind the terrible pay,
because l looked at my work as ex-
perience," said Arthur. "Instead of
going to grad school, I worked at
papers and got paid, though not
much, for learning."
"If you love it enough," she
said, "you've got to stick with it
and learn to live cheaply for a long
time. But it's got to pay off sooner
or later."
Fire destroys historic theater
by Gina Disanza
A fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the Hyde Park Festival
Theater two weeks ago, and the
theater's board of directors has yet
to decide what plan of action to
take, but the outcome may affect
some aspects of the theater pro-
gram at Marist College. •
According to Jeptha Lanning,
professor of communication arts
and member of the theater's board,
a decision on the future of the
theater cannot be made until the in-
surance company has appraised the
damage.
The Hyde Park Festival Theater,
located across from the Vanderbilt
Mansion, has provided Marist
students with several types of lear-
ning opportunities.
·'
Lanning,
who has been a
member of
the
board since
1981,
works as a liason between the
theater and the college, setting up
internships for the students and ar-
ranging for theater personnel to
teach courses at Marist in areas
such as acting, stage design and arts
management.
Lanning said that although the
fire was tragic,.it will give the board
of directors an opportunity to
reevaluate their goals.
"We're taking stock of the situa-
tion and trying to decide where to
go from· here," he said. "Unfor-
tunate as the fire was, it gives us a
chance to say what our reason for
being is and perhaps even how
Marist can play a part in the
theater's future."
Senior John Roche spent last
summer as an intern at the theater
He said he was called by a friend
on the night of the fire and im-
mediately rushed to the site.
"I had expected there-would be
a shell, like a normal fire," he said,
"but when I got there it was burn-
ed to the ground; there wasn't even
two feet of rubble."
"I never saw anything like it."
he continued, "it bothered me a
"lot; it was such a beautiful
building."
The theater, designed by ar-
chitect Stanford White in I 896,
formerly served as stables for ·the
Vanderbilt estate.
In 1954, the stables were
transformed into a theater and
after several owners, it was pur-
chased by actor Biff McGuire and
his wife Jeanne Carson in 1980 ..
Four years ago, the theater was
deeded over to the 15-person board
of directors and the McGuires were
kept as artistic directors.
Lanning explained that because
of the original purpose of the struc-
ture, the theater did not have
heating or airconditioning. He said
that one of the board's considera-
tions will be whether or not to heat
the structure, which would allow
for performances throughout the
year. ln the past, the theater only
operated
during the summer
months.
But Roche said he felt that a
reco!}struction would not capture
the original beauty of the building.
"Even if they rebuild it, they will
never get all the craftmanship right.
During breaks over the summer l
used to look at the structure and it
was amazing," he said.
• At the time of the fire, the
McGuires were performing in Seat-
tle. According to Lanning, they
have been notified and should be
back in Hyde Park in approximate-
ly two weeks.
The McGuires live in the
southwest corner of the structure,
which was not damaged by the fire.
Albany interns: Seeing what government is all about
by Michael Kinane
"We can talk to them about any of the issues that are
coming up on the calendar," she said.
-A
small group of Marist students have -left the
classroom behind and are learning about New York state
government from the inside.
But although there is much experience to be gained as
a legislative intern, the job is demanding.
"Nobody makes it easy on you," Wilsey said. "You
have to speak up and take initiative.· If you give a lot,
you'll get a lot out of it."
The students are part of a state wide internship pro-
' gram which trains theiµ to work for legislators in Albany.
Each is assigned to a particular member of the state
. assembly, where they perform tasks ranging from deal-
. ing with their employer's constituents to typing press
-releases.
Michael Cozzolino, another legislative intern, said the
internship has changed his perception of government.
"Seeing how the Republicans and Democrats get along
out of the chambers is really interesting," said Cozzolino.
''They get along a lot better than you are led to believe.''
"It's an eye-opening experience," said Denise Wilsey,
a senior, of her internship in Assemblywoman Kathy
Nolan's office.
"I've also become very intrigued by the way the gover-
Loving strange -pets
by C. Melissa Roberts
Every morning Patricia ~mith is
awakened by a friendly peck on the
mouth from her pet parrot,
Pajarita.
Pajarita is a green and blue
3-year-old Connure parrot, which
Smith, a freshman, adopted more
than a year ago. And not only does
the bird sleep with her, but it also
drinks from her glass, eats from her
. plate, and says "good night" when
Smith covers her at night.
Marist • students have adopted a
wide variety of pets, and many
have found that "man's best
friends" don't have ·to be dogs.
"No one can walk into my room
without the bird getting upset,"
sai<i
Smith.
And while Smith's pet gets ex-
cited - about strangers, Shari
Osborne, a senior, has a Japanese
Fighting fish that ·inflates itself
when her boyfriend enters her Jiv-
ing room.
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"Male
Japanese Fighting fish are
only supposed to blow open gills
and fan out their fins when another
male is placed in the tank or direct-
ly next to it," said Osborne, "not
when my boyfriend comes over."
"l
think my boyfriend
is
jealous," she said.
Jeff Moore, a senior loves his
pet
so much he gave up his bea for
it.
Moore has a pet Savanah
Monitor. This is a lizard that has
the capability to grow up to six feet
long.
Instead of spending hundreds of
dollars on a cage, Moore decided
to use the cavity of his bunk bed
for "Komodo's" home.
Condnued on page 12
nor and the legislature work together," said Cozzolino.
"I'm not a big fan -of politics," said Wilsey of the
Albany scene. "But I like to learn about the issues. I've
become much more issue-oriented since l came here."
Wilsey said her new perspective on government has
changed her career plans. Although she had planned a
career in journalism, she now plans a career as a lobbyist.
Cozzolino says he plan~ to continue working in politics
after the internship. "I'm looking at a career in law and
I may have some political aspirations," said Cozzolino,
who works in Assemblyman George Madison's office.
"But this experience is going to help me in the future no
matter what I do. This education has given me a head
start."
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THE
CIRCLE- May
7,
1987
Education Sec. William Bennett
Says States Have 'Hijacked'
Reform Movement
Speaking to the Education
Writers Association in San Fran-
cisco, Bennett said legislators in In-
diana, Texas, California, North
Dakota, Louisiana and Michigan
have "gutted" efforts to reform
schools and colleges by insisting on
spending "gobs and gobs" of
money.
Bennett contended the reform
movement can
be
most effective by
making schools more accountable
for their actions.
U. Vermont Decides Not To
Give Honorary Degree To
Nicaraguan Culture Minister
A student-faculty-trustees com-
mittee has decided not to award an
honorary
degree to Ernesto
Cardenal because of the "con-
troversy" it might provoke at
graduation.
In asking Cardenal to speak at
a forum instead,
committee
members said they were worried
the Nicaraguan government's
repression of Miskito Indians
would detract from commence-
ment ceremonies.
Texas Senate Okays BUI
To Let Fans Sue Boosters
In the wake of the scandal at
Southern Methodist U., where
football boosters' payments to
players led the NCAA to abolish
the SMU program for a year, state
senators recently approved a bill to
let colleges and even football con-
ferences sue boosters whose action
lead to NCAA sanctions.
SMU's Student Senate already
has threatened to sue certain
boosters for "diminishing the
value" of SMU degrees.
And U.S. Rep. John Bryant (D-
Tex) introduced a bill in Congress
that would cut off federal funds to
colleges at which under-the-table
payments are made to campus
athletes.
Panel: -Add women,
minorities to trustees
by Diane L. Rossini
The campus-wide Affirmative
Action Committee has expressed
concern about the lack of adequate
representation of women and
minority persons on the board of
trustees, according to Dr. Eugene
C. Best, affirmative actions officer.
In December, the committee
recommended that the college
make a serious effort to find
qualified women and minority per-
sons and appoint them to the
board. The committee's concern is
that appropriate
role models
should be provided from the
highest levels on down, said Best.
In February, two men were ap-
pointed to the board, increasing its
total membership to 32, including
three women, one who of whom is
black.
Currently three positions on the
board are vacant and some women
have been recommended to Dennis
Murray, president of the college.
"We are actively seeking out
members now," Murray said.
Pets
Continued from page 11
"Komodo needs to eat live
animals to stay healthy. The fun-
ny part is that he must kill it
himself or he won't eat it," Moore
said.
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But Larry Cononico's snake is
not as discriminating when it comes
to food. His six-foot long Boa, apt-
ly called "Bo," eats what he's
given.
"So long as
Bo
knew it was alive
when it was put in his cage, he'll
eat anything," said Cononico, a
senior.
Bo
usually doesn't get into much
trouble, Cononico said, although
once he terrorized one of Con-
onico's neighbors.
"Bo somehow got out the door
and curled into .a ball in front of
my neighbor's door. I knew I
found him when I heard some wild
screams froni the hallway," he
said.
Pat Pacenza, a sophomore,
doesn't have to worry about his pet
escaping.
Pacenza's pet is a cactus named
Khaki
which he bought while he
was in Arizona to see Marist play
in the NCAA Men's Basketball
Toumement.
"I talk to her every day. She only
eats a tablespoon of water every
month. And she is very obedient,
there's no other pet in the world
like her," said Pacenza.
"Next tiine there is a new board
member I am confident that addi-
tional women will be in that
group."
Joseph Parker, director of Up-
ward Bound Program and a
member of the committee, said he
believes the board of trustees
represents the leadership of an
educational institution. These deci-
sion makers, he said, are prudent
in forming a diversified body that
represents the community at large.
• "The option for fair representa-
tion and to seek out qualified
trustees is easy enough, yet it hasn't
been done," said Parker.
There are no set qualifications
for membership on the board.
Board members traditionally
have been selected from upper
ranks of other organizations and
businesses. Women are just begin-
ing to get the fair opportunities to
get to those levels, said Murray.
"I would like not only to see ad-
ditional women but (also) addi-
tional minorities," Murray said.
"The whole racial make up of New
York
is going
to
change
dramatically and we want a balanc-
ed perspective on all issues con-
fronting higher education."
In contrast, Bard College has 25
members on its board of trustees,
five of whom are women. It has no
minority members.
Vassar College has three black
members and five women on its
board of trustees.
Mothers
Day
Sunday
May tO™
Students Meet For A
"Black Spring Break"
Citing feelings of "isolation,"
black students from predominant-
ly white campuses met with black
students from predominantly black
campuses in Daytona Beach recent-
ly to "open
a network for
communication."
Students from 25 colleges said
the meeting was a chance for them
"to party and not feel out of place
for once."
"Prank" Bomb Kills Student
At Wesley College
One student was killed and four
others injured at the Dover, Del.,
campus when a .. smoke bomb, ig-
nited as a "prank" by students
Robert Rumsey and Edward
McGee, started a frre in a dorm last
month.
Rumsey and McGee were charg-
ed with manslaughter.
North Carolina A&T Student
~ts Prison For Hazing
In one of the few instances in
which hazing resulted in a jail
sentence, Superior Court Judge
Peter Hairston sentenced Steven
Jones, 22, to two years in prison
for beating two Omega Psi Phi
pledges on the head with a piece of
wood.
Law School Enrollments Decline
The number of first-year law
students fell by
1.5
percent since
the 1985-86 school year, the
American Bar Association reported
recently.
SUMMER AT MARIST
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2 students
Summer '87
Full time employment
$4.00.hour
SKILLS NEEDED:
l. good organizational
ability
2. computer desirable
3.
typing.
ADVANTAGES:
l. Many use this work
experience on resume.
2. Earn an income while
taking night courses in
session I and II.
3. Housing available on
campus, limited.
CONTACT:
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May 7, 1987- THE CIRCLE- Page 13
Running or singing, Garrett Ryan has a bright future
by·
Don Reardon
Marist College junior Garret
Ryan leads an unlikely double life.
Ryan, who has been one of the
top speedsters on the Marist track
team~ is the lead singer
·of
the
Queens, N.Y., based heavy metal
band, Krusade.
"Singing in a New York City
heavy metal band and competing at
a high level in collegiate track is an
unlikely combination for anyone,
but for me, the two endeavors
don't collide," said the 20-year-old
psychology major.
The quiet and unassuming
Queens native said he began runn-
ing competitively in the
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seventh
grade and formed Krusade as a
senior at Cathedral Prep High
School.
"It's strange how things turned
out," laughed Ryan. "I originally
entered Cathedral because I wanted
to be a priest, and now, I'm the
Final
preparations
lead vocalist in a hard rock band.'.'
Ryan's original plans in track
have also taken a detour as he miss-
ed competing this year due to a
debilitating knee injury.
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"At this moment, music is more
important
than track simply
because I think I can go further in
music than on the track," added
Ryan, who was Marist's top indoor
half miler last year with a personal
best of.1:57.
Ryan was ranked third among
the state association's top half
milers early in the season last year.
"Music isn't like track though,"
he said. "On the track, the best win
while sometimes a lucky break is
.all
you need in music."
Ryan cited the case of the emerg-
ing rock band Poison: "A band
like Poison is really not that
talented, but they come up with a
catchy tune, and the next thing you
know, they have a platinum record
and their in the money."
Ryan said the money in music is
very attractive, and he wouldn't
mind taking a piece of
the
pie
himself._
"I would like to lead part of the
life many rock stars lead, but run-
ning and drugs don't mix and I'd
rather avoid them," said Ryan,
who neither drinks nor smokes.
Ryan said many of the people he
knows in the business do lead the
stereotypical life of big money
musicians· as far as drugs and
alcohol go.
"I can't go into a bar or club
without somebody taking a look at
my long hair and then coming up
to me and asking me for marijuana
or worse," he said.
Ryan said the stereotype follows
him to track meets also.
"When I run at West Point or.
someplace like that, I'll step up to
the starting line and get some
serious double takes from my com-
petitors," said Rvan. "Often I'll
Whether studying alone or in groups Marist students are gearing
up for finals week.
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(photos by Monique Catalano)
here people in the stands yelling
things like, 'go Ted Nugent,' or
something like that."
Although Krusade does not have
massive hoards of groupies, said
Ryan, female members of au-
diences have been known to throw
phone
numbers
and
other
paraphenalia up on stage.
Ryan's most supportive fan is his
sister, Marist College sophomore
Susan Ryan.
Krusade plays mostly origin.al
music, according to Ryan, and its
biggest success thus far is "Never
Gonna Say it Again," which is
featured on Catchem Records'
Long Island Sound Sampler.
The song has been played on
several stations including Marist's
own WMCR and Long Island's
WBAB.
"I think we have a bright
future," said Ryan. "We've pick-
ed up several gigs for the summer,
and last month we opened up for
ex-Rainbow singer Joe Lynn
Turner at LaMour East."
Joining Ryan in the band are
guitarist extraordinaire Omar Fara,
bassist Gerard Wagner, and drum-
mer Peter Wiesner, who like Ryan
moonlights in the music world.
Wiesner studies engineering at
Hofstra University.
"Omar (Fara) is probably as
good as any of the guitarists
around, barring people like Eddie
Van Halen and so on," said Ryan.
"People love to watch him play
because he is very talented."
Krusade will play at LaMour
East again in mid-June, and Ryan
says they will no doubt open for a
big band.
As for his running? "I'm going
to gear my training this summer
toward cross country competition
in the fall. I hope to make varsity."
Hitchhiking safety:
Creating an attitude
by Chris Barry
Like many students without cars,
Brian Sullivan relies on rides to get
to his classes at Dutchess Com-
munity College. Unlike other
students, however, he gets most of
his rides from total strangers.
As a daily hitchhiker, Sullivan
has had to walk the entire distance
from his Hyde Park apartment on-
ly twice since January.
"People are always telling me, 'I
usually don't pick up hitchhikers
but since you have books I'll give
you a ride'," he said.
While it usually takes anywhere
from one to fifteen minutes to get
a ride, Sullivan, of Garnerville,
N. Y.,
said he will occasionally have
to walk 30 minutes before being
picked up.
"On most days I can make it to
school with two rides - one down
Route 9, then one up Cedar
Street," Sullivan said.
"I never get picked up by the
same person, but I always see the
same people driving by that never
pick me up," he said. "I know
they're not going to pick me up so
I like to look at their face. They
don't look at me - they either turn
their heads or they speed up - it's
funny."
What Sullivan interprets as em-
barrassment, others say is caution
about picking up hitchhikers.
"I wouldn't pick up a hitchhiker
unless I knew them," said Brian
Swords, 20, of Upper Saddle River,
N.J.
"But then again, I don't think
I'd drive by a really pretty girl with
her thumb out," Swords added.
Diane Pasquaretta, a Marist
senior from Hartford, Conn., said
she would pick up a hitchhiker in
her hometown if she didn't have
far to go.
"But if the person looks weird
I won't,'' she added.
According to police, many peo-
ple also express caution about hit-
chhiking themselves.
"Five years back it was common
to see many people hitchhiking,"
said New York State Trooper
Sergeant Dennis Cody. "You don't
see as many people doing it today.''
"I'd be afraid to hitch because
you never know what can happen
to you," said Tricia Mauriello, a
junior from Branford, Conn.
"You
hear so many bad
stories," she said.
·"Hitchhiking
isn't exactly a
bright idea," said Sergeant Lun-
dgren of the Town of Poughkeep-
sie police department. "Especially
at night."
Sullivan said you can't be
cautious
when
hitchhiking
everyday.
"You can't think twice about
getting into a car with someone
because then you'd never hitch,
you'd be too paranoid," he said.
"l figure,
if there is only one
per-
son in the car then that isn't a pro-
blem because there is no way they
can do anything to me while they're
driving," Sullivan said.
He added: "If there was a cou-
ple of people in the car I guess they
could do something, but you can't
think about it. I don't think about
it really."
Hitchhiking is technically illegal,
but Sergeant Lundgren said it isn't
strictly enforced.
"I've been here for 10 years and
I can't remember anyone being ar-
rested for hitchhiking," Lundgren
said.
Cody said troopers tend to stop
and question
hitchhikers
on
highways such as the Taconic
Parkway because most people
don't hitch on major roads and
troopers sometimes find runaways
or prison escapees.
For whatever reason you might
be hitchlng, Sullivan said, your suc-
cess depends upon your technique.
"I try to look relaxed and I
always make eye contact and walk
slow," he said. "I look them right
in the eye and try to let them see
into me."
"If
there is a sidewalk, you stay
on the road, but you also give the
cars their space so they don't think
you're some sicko in the middle of
the road," he said.
"I get in the car and say 'how are
ya'," he said. "Then I usually
make a statement
about the
weather, that's a neutral statement,
it's not offensive," he added.
"But most important,'' Sullivan
said, "you have to have the right
attitude to hitch. You can't be in
a rush, you can't mind the weather,
and you can't mind walking."
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THE
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Fight fat and get fit:
·Tips
for a better body
by Don Reardon
jabbing of a punching bag."
Hall suggested that vitamin and
With a week and one half left in iron supplements be taken by
the spring semester many are star-· women who engage in any type of
ting to think of summer, sun, fun, vigorous exercise program.
and yes ... fat.
Yet others might not prefer a
Bathing suit season is just crowded dance studio or sweaty
around the corner and Marist men gymnasium for burning their
and women alike are flocking to calories.
McCann Center in an effort to shed
For Marist College sophomore
unwanted pounds.
and cross country team member
Several diet and exercise fads Jennifer Fragomeni, running seems
have emerged this spring including to be the simple solution.
the traditional aerobics, running
"For me, running seems to be
and the new exercise on the block: the only thing that really gives me
boxercise, according to Harper's the feeling of being in good
Bazaar Magazine.
shape," said the 20-year-old com-
According to Marist sophomore munication arts major.
and aerobics instructor Donna
"Running might not be as fun as
Revellese, aerobics still seem to be other things, but it gets me out of
one of the most popular ways to the house and helps relieve tension
earn one's way into a bathing suit.··, also," she said.
"Forty million Americans are
Running with a friend is very
doing it," said Revellese. "It's vefY helpful in terms of motivation, but
fun and exciting because it's just on many occasions she'd rather run
dancing to music."
alone as it gives her a chance, "to
Revellese said one can expect to get away from everything and
lose 300 to 400 calories
pet
hour relax," she said.
while aerobicising.
Regardless of how one chooses
"It's probably the only excercise to shed pounds, certain rules app-
where you work all the major mus- ly to any excercise program: 1)
cle groups," said the communica-
Burn more calories than you con-
tion arts major.
sume. 2) Invest in an expert. A few
New York City Dietician Sharon
Hall warns that aerobics aren't the
only answer to losing weight.
A well balanced diet with as
much fiber as possible is a
necessary supplement to any exer-
cise program, according to Hall.
For those who are looking for
something perhaps a little out or
the norm, boxercise seems to be the
perfect alternative.
days a week at a spa or club gives
one a minimum of temptation and
a maximum of opportunity to do
good things for the body. 3) Make
your kitchen diet proof: Get rid of
all high calorie, low nutrition
foods. 4) Make a bet with a friend
for a healthy sum of money on how
much you'll lose. Money is an
amazing motivator. 5) Purchase the.
proper footwear for running or
aerobics. Bad shoes lead to pain-
"Boxercise is better than the ful injuries. 6) Put a picture on the
basic stretching calisthenics because wall of someone you'd like to look
it really works on the hips," said
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like.
1)
Most importantly: Keep a
Hall, who works at New York Ci- positive attitude and remember that
ty's. Lenox Hill Hospital. "The thin thighs and guts don't happen
program is comprised of a lot of over night.
jumping rope, shadow boxing and
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With
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Residents of adult. home
strive for active lives
despite health limitations
by Diane Pomilla
Gertie Phillips shares her home
with 91 other people. On a typical
day, she will eat breakfast in the
cafeteria, take the bus to work
where she embroiders napkins and
return home to eat supper at 4:30
p.m.
She is also mentally ill.
Phillips (all the names in this
story are fictitious to protect the
identities' of the residents) lives at
Dutchess Manor, an adult home
located on Washington Street in
Poughkeepsie.
Behind the glass door of Dut-
chess Manor lie people who belong
to the forgotten group in America
-
the aged. Many of them also
suffer from emotional, mental and
physical ailments.
The patients range in age from
about '19 to 85, according to Judith
Fraleigh, administrator of Dut-
chess Manor. The majority,
however, are in their middle
50s
and 60s, she said.
Fraleigh, who has a bachelor's of
nursing from Pace University, has
been at Dutchess Manor four
years. She is responsible for deter-
mining whether a person can reside
at Dutchess Manor.
"They need a physician's state-
ment saying that they require
assistance in the act of daily liv-
ing," she said. "It's hard to decide
who can live here and who can't;
it depends on what kind of home
you want to have.,,
Dutchess Manor, which has been
existence for 10 ye~rs, can hold up
to 92 people. Currently there are 21
male and 71 females residents
there.
The staff consists of 24 people,
including Maureen Cassidy, office
manager and registered nurse.
Her duties include ordering
medication for the residents, get-
ting prescriptions from the doctor
and answering the phones.
"There's never a dull moment,"
said Cassidy, who has been at Dut-
chess Manor several months. "I've
always enjoyed detail work and
people. This entails both.,,
The people are what Dutchess
Manor is all about. The adult home
gives them security while they slow-
ly gain independence.
·"I think when your talking
about deinstitutionalizing people
the adult home is the best place,"
said Fraleigh.
The activities director of Dut-
chess Manor tries to keep the
residents busy with trips to the
movies or shopping, said Fraleigh.
Usually she takes no more than five
people at a time.
Some residents of Dutchess
Manor, such as Phillips, are lively
and try to keep busy on their own.
A short woman in her late fifties,
Phillips' stature can be deceiving.
"I used to clean houses," said
Phillips. "I like to keep busy. Here
I help clean up sometimes."
Phillips, like a lot of the
residents, admitted she is hooked
on soap operas.
The new color television in the
TV room has soap operas playing
from early afternoon until 4 p.m.
Channel 7 seems to be the favorite
station, and "General Hospital"
the most popular show.
Residents gather to watch their
"stories" or they go to the sitting
room to doze, read or talk during
the day.
There is a shelf of books in the
corner of the sitting room, potted
plants scattered around the room,
and couches and chairs for
reclining.
There is also a newspaper
available every day, said Julie
Smithson, another resident of Dut-
chess Manor.
"I like the atmosphere and the
people are nice," Smithson said.
"The staff is friendly and well
trained and they keep the heat on
to keep us warm."
are kept very warm but the
residents don't seem to mind.
There are two people to a
bedroom, which includes two single
beds, two dressers and two closets.
The price for per month at Dut-
chess Manor is $800 for those who
pay privately. Residents who fall
under federal aid are charged $630
per month, which the government
pays for, said.Fraleigh.
Some residents look on Dutchess
Manor
as-
home and do their best
to put up personal items like
posters and pictures on the walls of
their rooms.
"It's the only home I've ever
known," said Phillips, who has
been in state institutions all her life.
One of the few men at Dutchess
Manor is Ted Harly, a man in his
early fifties with a smiling face and
good sense of humor. Three weeks
ago, when some members of
Circle-K, a Marist service club
brought homemade baskets of
jellybeans and dietetic candy to
Dutchess Manor, Harly hovered
around telling jokes and teasing the
young women until they gave him
his basket.
He has been at the home since
1978 and he said he enjoys being
there. "I love
it,"
he said, after
playfully refusing to comment at
first.
Most of the residents interview-
ed said they liked Dutchess Manor,
but there were one or two
exceptions.
"When I first got here, I bawl-
ed my eyes out," said Ellie Jones.
Jones has been at Dutchess Manor
almost a year and said she is tired
of being there. "I just want to go
home," she said.
Continued on Page 20
May 7, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 15
Amusement park once graced
river/ ront on the North End
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
Theyson said that for one dollar
you could go on all the rides, swim
Before the Lowell Thomas Com-
in the pool, and still have money
munications Center, before The
for a hot dog.
we all just stopped going," said
Theyson.
"It
wasn't fun anymore;
you couldn't bring little kids
anymore."
McCann Center, before Marist
Woodcliff, however lost its
In 1944, there was a push for the
College entirely, these shores of the popularity slowly after 1941. A
City of Poughkeepsie to buy the
Hudson were home to "The Blue man named Howe was killed after
land and refurbish the park. Local
Streak."
h
•
•
1
he stood up while riding The Blue groups, such as t
e
K1wams C ub
The Blue Streak, in its day one Streak and fell into the Hudson
hoped it would "keep the children
of the largeSt roll~r coasters
10
the River. After this the coaster was off the street and be a place of
c_ountry, along with other attr~c-
shut down.
entertainment during this time of
t10ns, composed the Woodcliff •
war," according to an account of
Amusement Park, located from
That summer brought other in-
a City Council meeting in a
Route 9 down to the Hudson, on cidents to the family oriented park
Poughkeepsie paper. The deal
the land which is now occupied by as well as the death of Ponty. In
however, never went through and
the Gartland Commons Apart-
August, a riot broke out between the park never reopened.
ments. The land was previously the a group of black people, who had
estate of John_F. Winslow and was taken a steamer up from New York
The Dutchess County Historian,
called Wood Cliff.
for the day, and a Polish church Joyce Ghee, said the remains of the
Fred Ponty bought the approx-
group, who also had booked the park have all slowly but surely
imately 20 acres of land in June of
pool for the day. The Polish club . disappeared. "The entrance to the
1927 and invested $1 million to
asked then Deputy Sheriff Joseph park is now the sight of the Getty
make his park. Ponty, who had
Bloomer not to admit the Black Station. There were two small stone
formerly owned the amusement group. Bloomer ordered the beer buildings with a gate in between,
park at Rye Beach, completed the taps locked in the inn, and rocks that served as the entrance," she
park quickly but the exact date of
were hurled by the blacks through
said. "When the park closed, ii
the opening is unknown.
mirrors and windows in the inn.
became a hangout for kids and
Along with the Blue Streak,
Over
50
city and town officials there were a few fires." Ghee said.
which boasted a height of 120 feet rushed to the scene. The incident All the building have now been
at its peak and a curve which was then
described
in the
torn down.
brought the passengers over the
Poughkeepsie Eagle as "the worst
According to Brother Joseph
Hudson, Woodcliff was home to
out break of trouble in Dutchess Belanger, Jack Gartland purchas-
one of the largest pools in the Hud-
County in years." No arrests were ed the land through the Mccann
son Valley. Other attractions in-
made, although the police detain-
Foundation for Marist in
1983.
eluded a lake with boat rides, The ed the black group's organizers for
Brother
Donnelly
said he
Merry Mix Up, which was a pre-
questioning. This lead to further remembers being a neighbor to the
Disney World version of The Tea displays by the black group.
park. "We use to hear the bands
Cup Ride, various concession
A month earlier, another smaller on the boats coming all the way up
stands, including its own inn, and
out break between whites and the River," he said.
picnic grounds.
blacks occurred. A few days after
Donnelly said that the communi-
"lt
was a great place, the only the August incident, Dutchess ty was up in arms over the riots and
one like it around here," said Ellen County officials declared the dock were in favor of the closing of the
Theyson, 80, who has lived in
and the bridge over the railroad
park.
"It
(the park) was a very big
Poughkeepsie all her life. "I spent
tracks "unsafe" and the park was operation, and very successful un-
many a summer day there with my shut down.
ti! the racial fights. It was too bad
family."
"When all the trouble started,
it had to happen."
The Circle Staff
for 1987-88
• Len Johnson
Editor
• Mike Grayeb
Senior Editor
• Shelly Miller
Senior Editor
• Aline Sullivan
Associate Editor
• Diane Pomilla
Associate Editor
• Michael Kinane
Associate Editor
• Anne Breslin
Sports Editor
• Debra Noyes
Advertising Manager
The rooms at Dutchess Manor
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7,
1987
classifieds
Anne & Steve,
Don't forget, singing solo, bunny 1-2,
thread-quicker, Thumper-Un yeah I'm
sorry, Clint SGDGOYAAJ, more fun
times to come -
Probably!
-
Love Maureen
p.s. Don't hurt him him -
he's such
a nice guy!
Laura,
Well hello there. What are you do-
ing? Not I'll miss you: SGDGOY AAJ
-Love Maureen
p.s. You can stay in my room anytime.
Kelley,
Mony, Mony - Say no don't do it,
I don't know. Where are you? Next to
Anne, No sir, Clint, SGDGOY AAJ -
Next year will be great!Love Maureen
Bob,
They won't let us go! It's a prison
and we're going to have to stick it out
together. Actually, I think our mothers
had something to do with it. Hang in
there! Love ya,
-Lynn
Hey H & B,
Yeh! You know who you are. One
last time, you pick the night I promise,
it
will be memorable!
-Slim
Bob, Kath, and Deb,
Guess what? We're almost free!
Seven more days! I'll miss ya'll this
summer.
Love ya--Lynn
To all the women of Marist that I have
loved before. Thanx! ! Luv Flounder
To all the women of Marist that I have
not loved before, hurry up I only have
two weeks left.
-Luv Flounder
To all Freshmen,
Congratulations
on making it
through year number one. We didn't
think you'd make it -The Seniors
To: Moe and Med
Thanks for letting me into your lives.
This year has brought great memories
and I know next yea~ will only be bet-
ter.
Steph
To the 8-6 seniors,
Thanks for a fun year. You girls were
the best mistakes that housing ever
made. We'll miss you!
-Love the B-6 juniors
Michele, Good Luck! You will be a
great nurse! Your nursing buddy!
Trish, good luck in the years to come.
Take good care of yourself and
remember me always. 3:15
Gregory, I'm really glad that you got
me that diet Pepsi and interrupted my
conversation, otherwise things would
not have turned out the way they did.
You are the greatest. I love you! You
make me extremely happy and you
know the rest ... Love Chief
Mush, How do Martians reproduce?
Please demonstrate! Love your radical
roomies (Hotlips, Laverne, Rosy, and
Shirley)
Hey guys, I think we need a closet
party?
Laverne and Shi,rley, What a great
year!! 1 don't know what I'd do without
you -
Champagnat here we come!!!
Love ya, Hotlips
The girls from M210 are: Specially
Marvelous Elegant Girls Heading Ever
After Desirous Studs
-SM~GHEADS! ! !
M-110, S-106, S-116: Thanks for mak-
ing this year
a
special one. To think we
owe it all to one personm -#30. Good
luck with the next three years, and stay
out of trouble,-your
senior friend
Andy - Your "box" makes a wonder-
ful conversational piece, but you can
have it back anytime.-Hippo Birdie
To Me-shele (10), Chris (Peanit), MJ
(12) -
We had awesome times. I'll
never forget you guys. (I would never ...
emotion ... ,) Love ya-Maureen
(Rod.)
Ann, Kelly, Tracy, Laura, Steve-I'll
never forget all the funny times (sing-
ir:g solo, bunny I-2, hanging on pole,
.:~read thumper-A yeah, I'm sorry) I
i-:
ilOW
next year will be awesome. Par-
,y
to you Puke-Absolutely.
-Love you guys, Maureen
M-104--Thanks
for the awesome
times! You guys are the best and we'll
miss you! -The
girls of M-207
Hughie-We
really
don't
hate
vou!!!!-Love.
Maureen and Dean
Max--one week only is nice!
-Love, the Cat
Killer
Patti- Patti Cahill, Born on the wild
frontier! yee haw
Patti, Sandra, Leslie, and Michele-
You guys are the best! It has been a
great semester. One of these days I'll get
my fair share. -Love you all, Hose
Head-Thanks for our last "happy"
weekend together. I love you too!
Love, Hose
Matt and Danbury-Thanx for making
our last weekend here memorable. Too
bad it didn't happen sooner.
-J & B (Roomies)
Hughie McQuire-My love-I'll always
want you! Yours forever if you knew!
Jim, merci beaucoup pour tout. J'aurai
toujours !es memoires-j'espere que Jes
ne terminer jamais.
Sue
p.s. J'adore vraiment ton sourire.
To all of my friends: Thans for being
a special part of my life. I'll miss
everyone!! Love, Jeanne "Sus"
Ann, Judy, Missy, Moira, Mary Ellen,
and Steph: you're the greatest! Your
one and only, smeier!
Ann-You're-the
best friend ever-I
mean that!! Love you always, Jeanne
For Sale: Majestic Green Lamay
Volare! Towable-$150 ... It's yours
baby. Ask for John (473-3209)
A naked senior was seen last Sunday
night brandishing a rubber tamahauk.
Tell me why Calba?
To all the girls I have ever shared my ....
with. I was drunk, it really does get big-
ger.
·-McBrusso
Brian M. (S.M.1.)- I do, love Patty.
p.s. Coach; what happened to your
shorts?
To Kelley, Anne, Tracey, Jennifer,
Maureen. Michele, Steve: Thanks for
making my year here terrific. I love you
guys so much and I'm gonna miss you
very much next year. We have to keep
in touch. Don't ever change!! Love you
all always!!
Laura
Ann Marie: We have come along way
and who knows what the future has in
store. Don't forget I'll always be with
you, right in your heart and you know
that you're in the same place with me.
I'll always love you!! Love forever,
Gregory.
Ria: You were lucky! I hope we could
drink some tea in a paper bag in a sep-
tic tank a half hour before we go
to
work.
Smegheads, thanks for making this a
great year.
Love, Ozzy
Seniors '87-Let's go out with a big
bang!!
Dear Glen, thanx for all of your help.
You have been an inspiration for me at
Marist.
The cool guy, Dan
Muzz, Tree, Sparky, Chris, Pete,
Quint: Have a great summer. See you
in the fall!! Love Laurie and Cathy.
To the Lipsters: You guys were great
and super friends, Good Luck always
and remember your coach.
John and Dave: Thanks for letting me
be your roomie. Love, your coach.
To the girls in 210: You guys are the
greatest!! Don't ever change! Did I real-
ly spit??
M.L. and C.L.: This year's coolers were
the
best. Let's double the fun next year.
Our triple will be great.
J.M.
E.B. Thanks for putting up with
everything. My love for you will never
end, but please never stop spoiling me.·
Love S.M.
Ode to Plato's
toolbox Alarm:
7:00-Buzz,
clomp ... 7:15-Buzz,
clomp ... 8:05-Music, clomp, yawn,
cl~mp! _Stret~h, oh
f"'-,!
Burp-Hop
skip, quick brush! Late for class again.
love always a fellow trooper.
To the drummer of second look: You
were great on Friday night!! I hope we
can jam together again real soon-an
avid fan.
Mylie and lizzard: You guys are the
greatest!! I love you both! You made
this year a blast! Love Dawny
Jean, Jenn, Patty: Budweiser anthem,
midnite giggling fits, the Macy's closet,
Puff, wild soco nights, sarge, Mic and
Bod, the troops, and the messiest room
in the dorm! Need
I
say more'?
love always, Sue
Nancy (A-7), You are my favorite sister.
Thank God you're my only sister!!
Love Cauliflower.
Yo!! You're good looking!
kagster~ I love you! Next year will be
great! Love always, Raggage Baggage
Karen take care of yourself. This place
won't be the same without you. Knock
them dead at Pace.
Friends forever-Jill
Bill thanks for the stimulating and fun
conversation. I wish and hope we can
keep it up.
A friend upstairs
To our A-6 big brothers: Thanx for the
• parties, rides home, parties, use of the
oven; the parties, and friendship.
Des-come
back we miss you.
Flounder-we will miss you next year.
Dave
V
.-we never knew there
was
such
a devil behind that beard. Dennis:.._
don't forget to send us tickets to your
first Chippendale show. Er-exactly
where did the rest of your name go?
Reggie-we have new respect for
jellyfish since meeting you. Dave
F.-
the violent Mexican player. Mike-
sorry we couldn't make it 100 or was
it 257? Gary-too bad your beer mus-
cle is the only one developed. Charlie-
we know you are no Quaker.-
Lovingly, Hourglass, Plato, Bean, and
Blue Stripes.
Yo 'sup, Street Justice is the only
justice. It shall prevail.
J .J.
They're here! look for the MOSAICS
on sale Thursday and Friday for $1.00.
Also available in A-1 and E-18.
C-6, You're welcome at B-5 anytime.
After all, it's your house. See you Fri-
day and Saturday for the best after-
hours ever. Beth, get ready to "hand-
jive" with Todd. B-5
Beth, The best bride I could hope for.
You can drink as much (if not more,
thank god I don't pay for all your li-
quor) as I can.
Hubby
To Tim
s
Todd,
If men could menstruate, you'd both
be "three pads man's!" With monthly
love, Mona.
Teresa's guide to a pick up: Bat your
eyes and glisten in the moonlight.
JoJo is safe now!
16 days to graduation. Keep the party
going.
Greek (the biggest gossiper on campus,)
We are going to miss you after gradua-
tion. Keep slamming! The girls in C-3.
To the little people,
The war is over! Let's celebrate! I'll
miss you!
KB
To the Scratch Girls - May happiness
find you and the scratch never!
Blairhead
Here's to being friends, Again!
Strike two, we only have one to go!
To the Penrod's Club, Here's to the
best people I know.
Another one to the Penrod's Club,
Where's the Free
Keg?
Oh, Sue found
it, of course!
To
B-5,
E-2,
A-5, Have
no fret, any
employment prospects, can
call
us at the
Betty Ford Clinic.
Next stop, Betty Ford Clinic. 4 days, 8
nights of no alcohol and our own sober
personalities.
To MFJ - It was only one semester. It
seemed like an eternity.
Tony,
Word sentence rule
=
Phonology +
Sambuca' n/c.
by Norm Chompsky
ToM.B.,
Never fear, the terns were here. It'll
never be the same. You'll miss us.
Tim - It only takes 7 minutes!
Jo Jo Jo
·To Karin Erdt,
We'll be back with the sunglasses on.
The Edwards Hat Gang.
To E-2 &
A-5,
Mona has come and gone, and we've
heard all about it!
Todd & Tim
June 6th - Block Island. Be there! - The
unconcerned hostess. Or do you want
to go to Toad's with the wine coolers?
No thanks, I'm having a good enough
time here.
Everyone "That's just the way it is!"
Tim
.
To the dungin mates, You are two of
my favorite boys - two losers only a
"mother" could love. Little Mellitt
To E-7 and F-9,
Don't stan listing to the "sad-tape"
yet. There's still senior
week!
Watch out
for "Ladies Night" and No-doze! I'll
miss you all a million! ( .. Boardy Barn!)
Love, Jo-Jo
Bambina, I got the lights and I called
the radio station, what more do you
want from me!
•
This is your last chance! Who put the
bread in my cake?
Jen
To Tony and Beth,
The divorce is final!
Beth gets the TV,
VCR, microwave, and the Grease tape.
AS,
BS
and E2- From this moment on, ,
until 11 :30 a.m. May 23rd, we are go-
ing to do everything we have already
done and everything we· have never
done. Just wake me up when it's over.
To the Beefsteak Charlie's group.;_ in
just 2 weeks, if you're lucky, the
suspense will be gone. I'll tell you a
story - the story - about my dog. Just
get me a carafe and a straw.
•
Tony gets to keep the bar (stocked) and
the CD. Divorce Lawyer, Jen
Hey river geek - sorry about your bad
back.
Elaine:-Outdoor hot-tubs and fuzzy
!!_avals,
definitely!!
love, Moira
Lax' #18, I'm trying hard to prove my
seriousness, but you have to "show me
you really love me ... " Is it all a game
or will "one day" EVER get here? Be
fair and give "us" a chancel
"Your Secret Admirer"
L.T. (#5),--Can't wait till next year.
It's gonna be awesome!!
"Your Roornie"
Maur and Ker,-, Thanks for an "amaz-
ing semester and for all the memories!
You guys are the best!
-Dean
Jim C. (F-5)-Happy Birthday!! (One
day late) Hope we're still together for
many more. I LOVE YOU
-Your Unofficial Roommate
Noel,-You are an important piece of
my life. I don't know how I would of
gotten through these past four years
without you.
Thanx
for adding so much
happiness to my life. I love you, Sandy
Hey! You· know Mann, It is not true
that Stach does not wash man. Stach
say, I take a shower once a week,
whether I need it or not Dude!
Hard Copy: Your roommates want
their money. Pay up!!!!
To the GUIDO'S of townhouse
C-S's
LITTLE ITALY, Nikki, Carlo, and
Bierzy. Show us your Greencards or get
on the next boat to GUINNY-LANDI!
Congratulations to the BICENTENIAL
BOYS at 77 North Rd. 200 shots/200
minutes.
p.s. Don't get any on ya, and if you do,
don't cook it!!!
To the men? ofSigEp,-FAT,
UGLY,
and FRIENDLESS is no way to go
through life!
DeBarge
and Danza -
Eddie Burnich: Shiavone said that you
and Paul Pfundstein are brothers, Do
your eyebrows really connect, or do you
groom them??
Dobbs: Tee said she'll go to the formal
with you, provide,d you .brush -your-,
tongue and grease your hair.
-Bistacco
Jimmy Everett has the cutest buns on
campus ... Just ask him ..
Liz, IBID, same time; same place
77 North Road,
Who ate the
Chicken?
Left Lobers Reunion-
.I guess it's time to be right lobers. Let
hell break loose
at
Clipso International.
Beth Nulty,
Best hand jive partner.
Todd
Christine,
Is that a triangle on page five ... The
best five years I've had laughing like
Patsy with y_ou.
Everyone,
"That's just the way it is!"
Tim
Mitch-
Who would have believed Freshman
year that two people with nothing in
common would find so much to talk
about?
Love Beth
To the Bride,
It must be our birthdate because I
didn't know what a Warm spot in the
Ocean meant either. Loved sharing bir-
thdays with you... The Maid of
Dishonor Siv, New Paltz was great.
Sorry you missed it. It was your own
fault.
Does anyone know where you're going
on June 6th. The concerned host, Tom
To • the Fort LAD EDA DELEGA-
TION: "We went, we left, we con-
quered (each other). See you at the Bet-
ty Ford. ALoha
Jenny,
Let's
go
back to Fort Lauderdale next
year and you can work the right side of
the booze cruise ship. The Penrod's.
Club
-
C934 84-85- Here's to matching com-
forters, Louie, wallpaper, Butterflieds
and the Barracuda, the Seniors and our
Fish,
Dick.
From the view from the
Passion Pit
"Would you like to go out to lunch, for
a· minute, in your own nightmare?;,
To MJ-
Be our McGarry ... the Almost
Alumni
To the editor,
Saturday morning dry heaves two
weeks in a row. That's go for one more.
Love TW
p.s. Will we make it to graduation?
Tony, Here's what you've been waiting
for ..... The Wedding Update. Those in
the elite social group, friends of the
bride and groom, say they are not sure
what happened to the two since that
white weekend last month. One can on-
ly gather they are busy catching up with
something called linguistics, and plan-
ning the social calendar for the next five
years after graduation. This writer has
to apologize, because she really doesn't
know the facts on the state of the young
marriage. She has found out, however,
that it is muddy.
Will Pee Wee make it to Poughkeepsie
to visit?
Ayyy! Dixxie ..... Better get your F's in
now before you get outta here cause
once your out in the real world You Say
F this and F that, they're gonna tell you
to F off!
p.s. . .. There is this sophmore Chick
who's been checkin you out, I THINK
SHE LIKES YOU!! I !II
Chach Gasser ..... .I hate to tell you this,
but... the cleaners melted all your
polyester. By the way, why don't you
take it easy on the cologne, and next
time I sec you, please try not to spit so
much when you're talking-maybe if
you would just calm down a little it
wouldn't be so bad!!!!
The Masked Avengerrr
To Sean Keating: You've got the worst
rap, the suits are a· joke, and you were
the first to puke at the bicentenial.
What's next on the hit parade??
p.s. Hairclub for Men want you. Your
Hairline's not the only thing receding!!!
To the Men (yes, I said men, and no I'm
not intoxicated) of A-6: just
a
few
words to sustain through the summer-
may your kegs never dry, and may you
never get sand in your shorts. Looking
forward to see you at this summer's
functions. Have a good one. love Deb
Kathy, Lynn, and Bobette: As of this
writing-WE MADE IT! Boy times
flies when you're having fun, doesn't
it!! Have a warm and sunny summer!!
Deb
Kathy (a.k.a. Ocekface); We survived!
I think I can put up with you another
year-only
if you put your clothes
away! Happy Birthday! (Yes, I know
I'm early, but what the heck) just don't
do what I .did!!!! It'll be the time you
forget! See you this summer-what's
the direct route from Binghamton to
Kingston?
love Deb
Jeanne-"Sus"-You
are part of
my
best memories. This year without you?
You're the best friend.
••
-
•• love always, Arin
Jeanne, Judy,
Missy, Moira, Steph,
Mary Ellen: You
guys
are the best,
which is what
made this year so great.
I wish you all lots of luck and fun,
which I hope we all can share in the
future.
love, Ann
Hey Steph and
Mare! I Thanks for a
fantastic, excellent and crazy time!
Look out for public people!
love, Moira
To the B-6 Instructors:
Great
memories ... Fantastic
Friends ... Ex-
cellent techniques!! Love you
-Moira, Mare and Steph
Jo "to the third power" Enjoy. Your
absense always is ...
It's almost over- no more words (thank
god). The Linguistics Coffee Clutch
1 now detest Guiding Light story
summaries
•
Pass in your party date so we can get
the Summer '87 Calendar made up. On-
ly
12
Weekends...
B-5
All the Beer, Wine.and Sangrea you can
drink
Sean Keating,
Where's ... ? Is she ... ? Do Circles/ Do
Farrells!
To
JMR,
When I say goodbye- you'll mean it.
Okay, dad?
On a bumper sticker-Meet half-way
with MFJ
Tony,.Fred, and Steve,
Next time we don't want to walk
home, Let's take a TAXI- PLEASE!!
Jen
From our days on Leo 6 to today at
C-6- I've loved these days and I've lov-
ed you guys!
B.
To all those whotve experienced the
Sorrows of Gin with me- Tanquerary
on Tap on June 27th.
To~d,
If I ever take up smoking I'll
be hke you. The more you freak out in
the Coffee Shop, the more you are me.
Suzie
CSL 85-86-
lt
was bad, I know, but it looks great
~n our resumes, Madame AP, Your
hghts are on ..
AHBP,
We know you want Spud Budd but
you 'II have
to settle for us.
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Love Todd and Sue
C934, No FLYING Way.
Carol, Have a nice life




May 7, 1987-
-THE CIRCLE-
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Go east, young woman: Alaskan settles here for now
by Lauren Arthur
Kimberly Gwyther's journey
began last fall with a 1982 diesel
Rabbit, a ferry ride to Canada, and
a destination -
Marist College.
With a starting point of Juneau,
Alaska, Gwyther, a 21-year-old
junior, and a friend from home set
out on a four-and-a-half.day trip.
Upon arrival in New York, they
went sightseeing for a week, then
parted, with Gwyther ready to
begin her first year at Marist.
Gwyther is no stranger to
transferring schools. She previously
attended Pacific Lutheran Univer-
sity in Seattle, Washington· and
Idaho
State
University
in
Pocatello, Idaho before her move
to the east coast.
She has been moving and travel-
ing since childhood. Born in
Juneau,
she also
lived •• in
Washington, D.C., Colorado, and
Wisconsin. Her family returned to
Alaska when she was in the fourth
grade.
Traveling solo does not seem to
intimidate Gwyther. "It's
not
unusual to travel by yourself in
Alaska," she said.
Gwyther
played volleyball
throughout grammar and high
·school. In order to play other
teams, she had to leave Juneau by
ferry or plane and spend the
weekends with the team at different
houses.
University. She spoke frequently to''
classmate Ron Mccants (now also
a Marist student) about New York,
and looked into some schools in
this area. She said she loved Idaho
State, but really wanted to give
New York a try.
In the spring of 1986, Gwyther
visited Marist for a week. She
stayed in Sheahan Hall, practiced
with the volleyball team, met Presi-
dent Murray and decided Marist
was for her. "Everything just kind
of clicked," she said.
Soon summer was over, and it
was time for Gwyther's long trip
home. When she got near Chicago,
she came in contact with something
quite unusual to her. A toll booth.
It was the first one she had ever
seen, anct' she had no idea what it
was. After holding up traffic,
listening to honking horns and
missing the basket, she ended up on
the wrong road anyway.
"It was like, what the heck is this
thing?" she said.
Although she likes Marist a lot
and particularly enjoys visits to
Manhattan, she still misses Alaska.
"I never appreciated how pretty it
was until I left. I miss the moun- •
tains and the ocean the most," she
said.
Looking out her townhouse win-
dow at the Hudson and the moun-
tains on its banks, Gwyther pointed
out and said, "people call those
things out there mountains and I
just laugh."
"I've been traveling by myself
since I
was
-12. I had to learn how
to take care of myself," she said.
When asked if she would
•
graduate from Marist or transfer to
a fourth college, she laughed, ex-
plaining she had been kidded about
her frequent transfers before. "My
brother said if I go for my masters
and doctorate, I could probably hit
all the schools in the United States,
and maybe a few in Europe," she
said.
Kimberly Gwyther (photo by Sharon Gardiner)
Gwyther said her parents, Julie
and Dennis Gwyther, know she's
all right on her own, but are still
concerned.
She
said her mom gets
particularly nervous when Gwyther
• goes to New York City, a place that
Gwyther thinks is "the neatest."
Gwyther became intrigued with
the east while attending Idaho State
Gwyther
has
three
more
semesters at Marist and plans to
return home after graduation. She
explained that Alaska gives many
student loans, and forgives half of
the payment if students return for
five years after graduation. She
said Alaska's higher education is
not really strong, and the state does
everything it can to get students to
better, out-of-state schools.
Gwyther said she doesn't regret
being so far away from home,
because most of her friends are
away too. College age people are
usually only there in the summer
and during Christmas, she said.
While on the east coast, Gwyther
is intent on traveling as much as she
can.
She would like to move to
Manhattan after she stays the re-
quired five years, but because of
the higher income in Alaska, her
mother has suggested she work
there and visit New York.
"lf
l had it my way, I'd never
work," said Gwyther. "I'd just
travel for the rest of my life."
Octogenarian keeps the art o.fiflag making alive
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
Florence Reichardt.Higgins,
83,
works alone in her flag shop in a
small house on Cannon Avenue, in
Poughkeepsie, every day from 9
a.m. until 4 p.m.
"I
don't take my work home
with me any more because people
have gotten too demanding," she
said.
Higgin's father, Paul Reichardt,
started the business in 1896 in
another small house on Main
Street, but was forced to move
when government plans put the
highway right through the house.
"I'm not exactly sure why he pick-
ed flags," she said. "I guess he saw
a need."
Higgins makes all the banners
and many of the flags herself. Her
shop floor is covered with scraps of
felt and trim, while the walls are
covered with photographs of her
accomplishments. Pictures show
banners made for Skinner's
restaurant, community fire depart-
ments as well as for Marist College.
"I guess I am an artist in a sense,"
she said. "But I've never really
thought of it that way."
While her father was alive, Hig-
gins remembers decorating the
Roosevelt home as well as the
opening of the Poughkeepsie Main
Mall. Eleanor Roosevelt herself
once visited the shop, although
Higgins doesn't remember what
she bought. Her father didn't make
many flags himself, she said. Flag
decorating was more his thing.
Higgins said there isn't as much
a calling for her decorative banners
as there use to be. Each banner
takes her about two to three hours
to complete.
"I
can never stay on
one for too long before I get inter-
rupted," she said.
"We mainly sell American flags,"
she said. "Mostly nylon because
they last longer then cotton.
You've . got to replace them
Behind the scenes in the cafeteria, things don't look that hectic, considering the "hosts" expect over 1,000
guests for dinner.
•
(photo by Matt Croke)
(American flags) when they get
worn. That man who was just here
bought his last one about a month
ago. The harsh weather really gives
a beating. It all depends on the
weather.''
Flags, Higgins said are not cheap
to come by. The largest American
flag she sells is 20 by 30 and costs
$1,700.
Higgins is currently preparing
for the "rush" for flags between
Memorial Day and the Fourth of
July. Boxes of poles, miniature
flags and ornaments crowd about
her. "Memorial Day it calms down
a little because people just keep the
flag up until the Fourth. Then it's
just the regulars," she said.
As the country has grown so has
the American flag. Higgins said the
addition of new states did create a
small problem for her and her
father. "You can't return flags to
the manufacturer," she said. "So
we had to put a new blue field into
all of them."
Higgins, who has an American
flag outside her home, doesn't
-think much about retiring; she has
no one to take over the business.
"I've seen too many cases where
people retire and die too quickly.
I
might as well die here in my
shop," she said.
Behind the scenes
at Marist cafeteria
by Michael Kinane
It's 7:30 a.m. The Marist College
crew team trudges into the cafeteria
to relax over a nice breakfast after
finishing a rigorous morning
practice.
Most Marist students haven't
even gotten out of bed yet, but
these athletes have been up for the
last two hours and are now eating
their piping hot eggs and hash
browns.
But they are not the only ones
who have been awake.
"I come in all alone at 4 a.m.,"
said the man known as Gus, but the
early hours don't phase him. "I'm
used to it. I've been a baker since
I was 14, and I've worked 11 years
at Marist."
Gus is the baker for the dining
hall, and he is responsible for the
doughnuts, pastries and other
desserts available to students on the
meal plan.
Hank, the breakfast cook, comes
to work everyday at 5:30 a.m.
"For most breakfast cooks, it's
normal," said Hank of his hours.
"I'm pretty used to it."
The people who work in the din-
ing hall get a unique view of the
student's opinions and attitudes,
and they work together to try to
satisfy the Marist community.
The food served in the dining
hall, in contrast to student's com-
plaints, is made fresh for every
meal. Through the use of pre-
frozen foods and freshly-baked
goods, students are served home-
cooked style meals every day.
Nearly
$4,500
is spent on these
meals daily.
"Nobody compares to mom,
dad and especially grandma,'' said
Hank of the student's opinions of
the food. "We try to do the best
job possible."
"Even mom has an off night,"
said Bill Marks, director of dining •
services.
Part of the blame for the
students' complaints can be plac-
ed on the lack of communication
between the dining services and the
student body, according to
Marks.
"We need to know when a meal
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sports
Thanks a lot, Tucson.
On March 12, 1987, the Marist
men's basketball team lost to Pitt-
sburgh 93-68 in the first round of
the NCAA West regionals in Tuc-
son. The defeat not only reduced
talk of Marist's emergence as an
Eastern power, it overshadowed
the entire season.
A brilliant season.
Marist departed the disappoint-
ment of Tucson with two redeem-
ing thoughts. 20-10 and 15-l.
The Red'Foxes compiled a 20-10
overall record, the first 20-win
season in the program's six-year
Division One history. Alsp, the
team ransacked ECAC Metro Con-
ference opponents, compiling a
15-1 league mark.
Impressive. Especially for a team
which endured more off-court pro-
blems than a soap opera character.
As the team prepared for the
season-opening Joe Lapchick
Tournament, constant media hype
proclaimed the Red Foxes, led by
first-year Head Coach Dave
Magarity, as potential Top 40
material.
Sports Illustrated visited the
campus. New York City media
visited Mccann.
Then, the NCAA visited and
ended the fun.
On Nov. 26, two days before the
Lapchick Tournament, the NCAA
•
declared junior center Rik Smits, With conference play beginning
sophomore
forward Miroslav
Jan. 5, things looked grim.
Pecarski and sophomore center
However, things changed.
Rudy Bourgarel ineligible because
of alleged recruiting violations.
Smits returned with a vengeance.
Without its "Triple Towers,"
The 7-3 center averaged 20.1
______________
points, 8.1 rebounds and four
blocks per game. Junior guard
Men's Hoops
D!afto~ Davis guided the off~nse
',
with his team-record 227 assists,
--------------·
which ranked him ninth nationally.
The team began to understand
Magarity's complex, fluid defen-
•
sive systems and held opponents to
42.5 percent shooting from the
field.
The joyride continued at the
ECAC Metro Tournament March
6-7, where host Marist achieved its
crowning jewel, defeating Wagner
and Fairleigh Dickinson to win its
second-consecutive title before a
delirious McCann crowd.
Then came Tucson. Surrounded
by cactus plants, parched land and
Pitt, it was a trip to forget.
However, those Marist fans who
viewed the game knew that it
wasn't the s_ame
Marist team they
Sophomore center Rudy Bourgarel slam dunks during Marist basketball
knew playmg on the McKale action last winter.
(photo by Mark Marano)
Center court.
the Red Foxes struggled. Pecarski
and Bourgarel returned Dec. 10,
but Marist still slid.
When Smits became eligible Jan.
1, the Red Foxes were a confused,
disoriented unit with a 3-6 record.
The team they know of, if it can
avoid an certain city called Tucson,
just may
.
reach the postseason
Football
dream it aspires for.
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Victory.
Loss, win, loss, win, win, loss,
-Paul Kelly win, loss, loss.
.
Confusing? Maybe, but the
seven words appearing above
describe the Marist College football
season in more ways than one.
Sure, anyone can discern from
that sentence that the squad's final
record wa~ 4-5. However, _it tells
more.
In the first sentence, one does
not see any
•
~ords repeat three
times. No, three-game loss streaks,
you say. Great.
However, no three-game winn-
ing streaks, either. This was the
year of pigskin inconsistency.
The Red Foxes entered the
season hoping to match or improve
their 6-3 record in 1985. Despite the
loss of key players as Franklin
Davis and Peter Moloney, Head·
Coach Mike Malet•s· 1986 edition
returned 19 letterwinners this
season; 14 of whom were starters
in 1985.
16-13 lead with 48 seconds remain-
ing in game when junior quarter-
back Jim Fedigan hit freshman
wide receiver Sam Lanier on an
85-yard touchdown play. However,
Pace wide receiver Rob Fehrenbach
scored with three seconds left to
give the Setters a 20-16 victory.
It was that kind of year.
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spite the inconsistencies, one ,
Manst player was a constant
throughout the season -
junior
Junior tailback Ed Christensen collects some of his season-record 1,296 yards last fall.
However, inconsistency and
mistakes plagued the Red Foxes.
tailback
Ed
Christensen.
Christensen, bolstered by bruising
blocking by senior fullback Mark
Burlingame and the entire offensive
line,/gained 1,296 rushing yards
this season,
a
Marist single-season
record.
Last spring, the Marist College
lacrosse team graduated to a new
degree of lacrosse achievement.
The squad compiled a 12-2 record,
its best ever. Lacrosse, summa cum
laude.
This spring, the team did not
even earn cum laude status. A
ceremony called graduation may
have been the culprit.
Last May, Head Coach Mike
Malet saw nine members of his
1986 lacrosse team accept their
diplomas. These weren't average
players, either. Standout veterans
such as John Young, Paul Rezza,
Steve Ryan and Tom Daly receiv-
ed their degrees.
This season, it was back to
school for the Marist lacrosse team.
Lacrosse
The Red Foxes compiled a disap-
pointing 6-8 overall record
_and
finished 4-4 in the Knickerbocker
,Sopbmore
attackman Pete Oeary repels the defensive effort of a Sie!la
player earlier this season.
(photo by Geoff DeMa10)
(photo by Brian Mullen)
Conference, a marked contrast
from last year's 12-2 (6-1 con-
ference) season.
However,
the Red Foxes'
workload increased this year.
Powderpuff teams like SUNY New
During a 29~21 loss to St. John's
Sept. 27, Marist was penalized 10
times for 110 yards. Five of those
infractions allowed the Redmen to
maintain possession and score.
Fate didn't help Marist, either.
On Nov. 1, Marist forged a
Next year, a strong returning
unit interspersed with new recruits
•
could create a change.
Win, win, win.
-Paul Kelly
Paltz and Queens College were
there were reasons. And for the
replaced by-such powerhouses as
Volleyba_ll
Marist volleyball team, they were
SUNY Stony Brook and Califor-
ankles and the schedule.
nia's Whittier College, the 1986 _____
'"'!!!!!!________
The spikers were plagued by
West Coast champion.
•
ankle injuries throughout the
Also, injuries plagued the Red
·---
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season. Head Coach Vic Van-
Foxes. Key performers like juniors
..
Carpels attributed the epidemic to
Danny Arnold, Bob Cowie, Jon
•
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8
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out-of-date equipment in McCann.
Cannon and Bill Drolet were hurt
Also, the Red Foxes bolstered
during the season.
their schedule. Top Eastern teams,
The atmosphere just wasn't
such as New Haven and C. W.
right. Goals weren't scored, defen-
Post, replaced weaker opponents .•
sive lapses occurred. The season
Marist volleyball hit the big time,
resembled a summer-school ses-
and there were growing pains.
sion. Long and uncomfortable.
However, the biggest disappoint-
However, the entire experience ----------•---
ment arrived at the season's con-
produced some results. Young
After a slow start, everyone ex-
clusion, when the squad did not
players such as sophomores Tom
pected a fall from grace.
receive a bid. Any bid. The ECAC
Donnelan and Kevin Oppenheim
It didn't happen.
and the NCAA excluded Marist.
proved they could score. Junior Bill
Despite a 4-5 start, the Marist
VanCarpels said Marist's sub-
Drolet continued his passing wizar-
College women's volleyball team par performance against national-
dy en route to compiling a team-
answered intense preseason atten-
ly recognized opponents in tour-
high 47 points.
tion by winning 21 of its next 25 naments deemed the Red Foxes'
And once again, junior goalie games. The spikers concluded the postseaso~ exclusion.
Chris Reuss was brilliant, compil-
year with a 31-17 record.
At Manst, however, volleyball
b h• d
Despite the stellar record, the became a hit. McCann crowds
ing a .664 save percentage e m
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·ncreased.
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'ddl
d d fi
squad concluded the season un-
an mJury-nk he 1 e ensed. f
d
fulfilled. After earning an ECAC
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Players such as senior Kathy
Last wee • t e axmen e eate
b.d
985
Murphy, ,·un1·or Patty B1'llen and
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Tournament
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in 1
, this year's
out ampton
- an
• • er-
squad was subjected to great
freshman Allison Vallinino raised
chant Marine Academy
13-IO. expectation.
the Red Foxes play to a previously
Cum laude days may be on the
unapproachable level.
•
It didn't happen.
way.
-Paul Kelly
As in every disappointment,
No fall from grace here, folks.
-Paul Kelly
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Women's
Hoops
The Marist women's basketball
team had a disappointing season .
with one bright spot, freshman
guard Jennifer O'Neil.
"The· team finished the season
with a 7-20 overall record and
struggled in the ECAC Metro Con~
ference, ultimately tying for
seventh place with a 5-11 ·mark.
The Red Foxes were often
plagued with injuries and during
one game had only nine players
sui~ed up.
After losing point guard Donna
/
Aeillo who left the school for per-
sonal reasons in January, Marist
was forced to use forward Michelle
Michel at the point. Michel
responded well under the cir-
cumstances, but her efforts could
not bolster an already depleted
team.
Head Coach Ken Babineau, in
his first year, said he was disap-
pointed with the season, but said
he has high hopes for the future.
He said he wants to make Marist
competitive in the ECAC Metro.
Despite an unfruitful season,
Marist did·have•·one glimmer·of
light -
Jennifer O'Neil. She was
a constant bastion of strength when
the rest of the team struggled.
O'Neil scored in double figures
in almost every game, worked
ceaselessly on the boards and
brought a desire to win to each
game.
The future of the team lay in its
youth. Co-captain Jennifer Gray is
the only player graduating. Next
year, Marist might slowly make the
ascent in the ECAC Metro. But to
do so, the Red Foxes will have to
find a more balanced attack, and
that will not be easy.
Babineau said he feels the team
will
get better in the future, but on-
ly time will tell.
-
Michael J. Nolan
Hockey
·For a young Marist College
hockey team, the 1986-87 season
by Paul Kelly
Kick the Can. Stickball. Smear
the Queer.
Simple games. We all played as
kids in our respective towns,
whether it be Manhattan
or
Manlius,
Massapequa
or
Metuchen.
College athletics are mere exten-
thursday
morning
quarterback
sions of our childhood activities.
It's just a game.
Sports is a pseudo-world. A
world of make-believe. The magic
kingdom.
•
Here
at
Marist and at colleges
was a .)earning experience. •
The Marist icemen stumbled to
a 3-17-1 mark after enjoying a 10-6
campaign the previous season.
For the Red Foxes the problems
were many, beginning
with
defense. Marist allowed over nine
goals per contest, and the Red
Foxes were outshot by the opposi-
tion night after night.
The Foxes' 17 losses included
eight games where the opposing
team scored IO or more goals.
These included a 15-0 loss to
Southern Connecticut, a setback to
County College of Morris by the
same count, an a 21-3 drubbing by
Manhattan College.
Even when the Foxes kept it
close, nothing seemed to go right.
When a fight oroke out between
Marist and Montclair St. with
Marist trailing 3-2 in the second
period, goalie Greg Whitehead was
one of the players ejected. The Red
Foxes had to forfeit the game
because they had no other
goaltenders.
In spite of all the bad news, there
were bright spots. Andy Giberti,
one of six freshmen on the Marist •
sextet, had a better-than average
rookie season. Team captain Rick
Race proved to be one of the more
versatile
players
in
the
Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey
Conference. Ken Marasco, who
struggled during 1985-86, picked
up his skating this season and
became one of the team's leading
scorers.
-Ken Foye
Women's
Tennis
The Marist women's tennis team
mixed youth with experience to
_finish this past season with an 8-4
mark.
Experience came in the form of
five players returning from the
season·b'efore, including first-seed
Joelle Stephenson and second-seed
Sheila Bradley. · Bradley and the
other singles players-Alison
Block, Beth Ann Saunders, Laura
Murray and Karla· Bellotto-
chipped in a lot too, especially dur-
ing Stephenson's
two-match
absence.
Two new faces, freshman Bellot- .
to and senior Lisa Lavin, made it
even easier for the returnees. The
two newcomers accounted for
nearly one-third of the individual
matches Marist won throughout
their schedule.
The women only had two rough
days-an 8-1 loss to Vassar College
and a 6-3 setback to RPL The
Foxes countered with respective 9-0
blankings of LIU and Bard Col-
lege, an 8-1 win over SUNY New
Paltz and a 7-2 drubbing of
Western Connecticut.
Except for Lavin, the entire cast
will return next season. For the
Marist women's tennis team, it
should be a wonderful autumn.
-Ken Foye
Soccer
The Marist soccer team had a
season filled with frustration. A
team with t'1e potential for a .500
record finished with a disappoin-
ting 5-13 overall mark.
The Red Foxes' season was
epitomized by continous injuries
which the team could not over-
come. During a seven-game loss
span, Marist was outscored 26-7.
Keys to the season beside injuries
were second-half woes, lack of goal
production and defensive lapses.
Next year, however, the Red
Foxes will add sophomore forward
Mark Edwards, who did not play
this season. Although a key ac-
quisition, Edwards will not provide
an offensive panacea. Marist will
still 1need young talent to step in
and score or 1987 might be as
disappointing as 1986.
Head Coach Dr. Howard
Goldman assessed the season.
"The team was capable of playing
well, but we didn't put it together,"
he said. "There was the potential
to play well, but individual defen-
sive lapses and poor goal produc-
tion hurt us."
Next season, the team wrn drop
two teams from its 1986 schedule
that were nationally ranked -
Hartwick College and Syracuse
University.
But thl\t will not alleviate the
whole problem. Jnstead, Goldman
said, "The team will be back to
. where we've been in the past if we
do not reach our potential as a
team and add valuable young
talent."
The Red Foxes, a young team,
can rebound, but it will take the
dedication necessary to be a
winner.
Goldman said: "Intensity and
concentration was a weakn~s.
There's no way to teach those kind
of things. It has to come from in-
side the players."
-Michael J. Nolan
Women's
Swimming-
Good things come in small
packages.
That might as well have been the
motto of the Marist women's
swimming and diving team, which
compiled a 9-5 record this season.
For this tiny,
IO-member
squad-the most successful ever at
Mari st
College-possessed
something its larger, stronger op-
ponents lacked.
•
Guts.
The kind of guts that earned the
Lady Red Foxes a second-place
May 7, 1987 - THE CIRCLE - Page 19
finish in the Metropolitan Con-
ference
Championships
inFebruary.
It's visible in athletes like senior
Laurie DcJong, whose willingness
to compete at any level or any event
heightened the team's success.
DeJong, billed "Old Reliable"
by Head Coach Jim Billcsimo,
joined the program in 1983 and has
remained a team member for four
years.
It shows in the performances of
Deb Noyes and diver Lisa
Burgbacher, whose dedication put
them on the Marist records board
once again this season.
It was a season of self-sacrifice,
one which put the little squad to the
test. But Jackie Hackett, Sara
Perkins and Karen Oitzinger en-
dured, and the results speak for
themselves.
Determination earned the squad
its 9-5 record, an improvement over
last year's 6-5 mark, and also con-
tributed to eight new school
records.
The Marist community finally
became aware of Billesimo's girls.
The team opened its season at
home and defeated crosstown-rival
Vassar College before one of the
largest crowds in recent memory.
Even the practice sessions at-
tracted attention this season. Just
ask seniors Jim Fedigan and Jim
·Ross, who've been known to grace
the bleachers on occasion.
According to Billesimo, the
season couldn't have been better.
"We had probably the best season
as far as team camaraderie," he
said.
This squad had more, much
more.
-Annie Breslin
Men's
Swimming
Marist men's swimming Coach
Larry Vanwagner finally had a
relaxing season. The reason? His
team did half his job.
Sure, Van Wagner still had all the
major duties of a Division One
swimming coach, but members of
this year's squad. were able to do
the rough part solo -
they
motivated themselves.
"This year they were able to
realize that the amount of time and
effort that they put into it was pro-
portional to the success they got
out of it," said VanWagner.
The squad's commitment paid
off at t~e Metropolitan Swimming
and Diving Championships where
the 5-5 Red Foxes finished fourth
in a field of 20. Ten Marist records
fell as the squad amassed 676
points - the highest Marist score
ever.
During that weekend, three in-
dividual records fell to sophomore
Rob Fehrenbach, who was also a
member of two record-breaking
relay teams. Freshman Mark Levie
also set two individual and two
relay marks.
Senior co-captain Vinny Oliveto,
who set a new Marist record in the
100-yard butterfly, didn't establish
it by accident.
According
to VanWagner,
Oliveto's involvement in a weight
training program was vital to his
improvement.
But, according to Vanwagner,
senior co-captain Fred Dever made
the most noticeable turnaround.
Dever's participation in morning
workouts in addition to Van-
Wagner's afternoon sessions ex-
emplified the dedication vital to the
squad's success.
-Annie Breslin
Crew
The Marist crew team is like a
promising boxer who is scared
entering the first round against an
incumbent. However, as the fight
progresses, the fighter realizes he
can stand toe to toe and possibly
win. Paralleling
the fighting
parable, the Red Fox crew team has
struggled
but
come
away
-victorious.
The crew team's
first
trial was
Ithaca College. Marist split the
competition, winning five races.
The team could now see the light
at the end of the tunnel.
After a good performance in
four-team
competition
in
-Philadelphia, Marist was on its way
to establishing its program as one
to contend with for the future.
The final test for this season will
be the Dad Vails Championships in
Philadelphia this weekend. The
President's Cup, which Marist won
last year, was canceled because of
rough waters.
The true test to the validity of the
program is the test of time. But like
the boxer, the Red Foxes are now
a mainstay in the ring, or, rather
on the waters.
No longer is Marist the little kid
on the block. It is a team to
beware.
-Michael
J. Nolan
The last word
throughout America, people forget
that.
Athletes play games. Some
receive abundant attention, and
some do not. Coaches are praised
and chastized for orchestrating ac-
tivities which small children per-
form in backyards throughout
America.
It's a game, and anyone who tells
you differently is crazed.
However, when children play in
grassy fields or glass-laden
blacktop, problems arise. I want to
hit. That shot was good. You miss-
ed it, ha-ha.
Yet somewhere, something
evolves when athletics reaches a
higher level. The problems become
greater.
Violations. The team has lost
four in a row. He's faking the in-
jury so he doesn't hove to play.
Why?
It's us, the public. We place too
much emphasis on college athletics,
The women's volleyball team -
The QB's choice as team of the year. (photo by Sharon Gardiner)
and the pressure mounts.
A far cry from the days of
Ken Foye, and all those who wrote
Infractions committees, winning playground games.
sports stories in journalism class,
seasons, season ticket sales, --------------
thanks loads. Finally, to Annie
newspaper columns. These all
Thanks to all of those who have
Breslin, who will be the 1987-88
create pressure.
been a GREAT help to me this
sports edi.tor, good luck. So long,
And that's not right.
year. Mike Nolan, Don Reardon,
my friends.
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Cafeteria
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is particularly good or when th,e
students
don't
care
for
something," said Marks. "We
need -more openness with the
students."
In an effort to find out what the
students want to have in the din-
ing hall, Marks and tbe other
managers held meetings in the dor-
mitories last year. These meetings
allowed the managers to get an idea •
of what the students wanted more
and less of in the cafeteria.
.. Another way that student opi-
nion is found is through a commit-
tee made up of eight students. This
committee meets once a month to
_ review the menus and other general·
things going on in the cafeteria.
Marks cited the addition of more
"fun" cereals, such as Cocoa
Puffs, and an ice cream sundae bar
on Sundays to be input of the
committee.
"We could use a suggestion box
to find out what the students like
and don't like," said Hank.
"Then, maybe, we could work
around the menu and give them
what they want on certain days."
"The number of people always
leads to complaints," said Marks
of the 1,200 different opinions held
by students on the meal plan. "It's
hard to satisfy everybody."
Three different entrees are serv-
ed at each meal to give the students
a variety. to choose from. Also,
eggs can be made to order every
other day at breakfast.
"Some of them want their own
way," said Hank of the students
reaction to the food. "Their away
from home, and they want some
good food. Their paying for it so
1 can see their point."
Amongst the different stoves and
ovens that can be found in the kit-
chen, the • atmosphere is friendly
and cheerful.·
"We all get along," said Hank
as he washed out the 100-gallon vat
that is used to prepare soups and
broths. "For instance, I cook
breakfast, then· I help with the
other meals. We work together."
"There are some frictions," adds
Gus, "but nothing serious. You
can't work well
if
you don't get
along."
"I think we run a good food pro- :
gram," said Marks.
Now, the food has been cooked
and the students have eaten. It's
time to go home. -
" I like working at Marist," said
Gus. "I get some positive feedback
from the students, and when they
need something, I can challenge
myself."
"Cooking is like a part of you,"
said Hank of his job. "When peo-
ple enjoy your food, it's more than
payment."
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Jones is due to be released soon,
although
a . date is • not yet
determined.
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Lana Dawson is another resident
who said she is not happy with her
li(e at Dutchess Manor."l've been
here four years and we don't have
a lot to do. But, I've worked for
30 years, and it's nice to relax, but
sometimes I wish there was
_ something to do."
.
Krista Johnsson, on the other
hand, has been living at Dutchess
Manor for over 10 years and said
she really likes it. "I have no other
home to go to," said Johnsson, as
she knitted. "I like everyone he;e."
The only reccurring complaint
many of the residents had concern-
ed the food.
"We have a registered dieti-
tion," said Fraleigh. "Everything
we use is frozen or freeze-dried to
insure quality."
.
_ Fraleigh said the residents really
enjoy having vistors from schools
such as Marist College. "The more
outside community involvement
they have the better it is for them."
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All students must leave their Residence Hall on the
day of their last final and no later than 10:00 P. M. on
Thursday, May 14; 1987. The last meal of the
semester will be dinner on May 14, 1987.
All belongings remaining in your room past May 14th will be con-
fiscated. Storage space is not available
-on
campus. (Summer
storage arrangements can be made directly through Arnoff
Storage Company, 462-1504.) Failure to follow the check-out pro-
cedure listed below will result in a fine and loss of priority points
which could affect your hol,lsinQ
status for the Fall '87 semester.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO:
1. Vacate your room on the day of your last final exam.
2. Clean your room and leave it in good condition.
3. Make an appointment with your RA/UC to check out and
sign the Residence Hall inspection card.
3. Return your room key to your RA/UC or Resident Direc-
tor after yo~ v~cate your room.
ON BEHALF OF-ALL THE RESIDENCE HALL
STAFF WE WISH YOU A SAFE
AND ENJOYABLE SUMMERIii
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!
'fJRD€tJ77A
'EAKING,
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~WORD,-
ORIENTATION LEADERS NEEDED
June 17th, 18th, 19th
June 23rd, 24th, 25th
Help ne~ freshme~ become
a
part of Marist
STIPEND OFFERED
Please stop by Student Affairs, Room 266CC
of contact Deborah Bell, ext. 803
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